Top 20 Castles around Gundelfingen

From the Schneeburg you have a wonderful view over Freiburg and the Vosges

It is about 1.5 km from the car park to the Schneeburg

It would be a shame if you didn't take the grandiose views from the ruins with you. You can walk up one side and down the other side.

The Schneeburg is a castle ruin at a height of 516 meters on the western foothills of the Schönberg. It is located between Uffhausen, Ehaben and the Freiburg district of St. Georgen. Built in the 13th century by the Lords of Hornberg, the castle was handed over to the fiefdom of the Monastery of St. Gallen in 1349. In return, Werner von Hornberg received the rule of Ehaben. The castle was abandoned before 1500 and thus fell into disrepair. The ruins in the Ehaben district consist of the remains of the keep and a residential building. Overall, it is only 37 meters long and approx. 17 meters wide. The complex is surrounded by a wide moat. The four-story keep with two windows is on the north side. The former residential building in the south of the complex is divided into two parts and a stone surround can be seen in the courtyard instead of the old well. Many hikers set out every year to visit the castle ruins, which offer a magnificent sight both then and now, and to enjoy the view of the valley and distant mountains. If you would like to avoid the strenuous climb, you have the option of driving to the Schönberg Hof inn below, thereby significantly shortening the route.

Freiburg im Breisgau (Alemannic Friburg im Brisgau,; abbreviated Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.) is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg. From 1945 until the founding of the state of Baden-Württemberg on April 25, 1952, Freiburg im Breisgau was the state capital of the state of Baden. The southernmost city in Germany is the seat of the regional council of Freiburg as well as the regional association of the southern Upper Rhine and the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. It is almost completely surrounded by this district, to which it does not belong; as an independent city, Freiburg forms an urban district.

The rectangular castle lies on a hilltop of the Schönberg at 550 meters above sea level in a north-south direction.[14] It is about 38 meters long and 16 meters wide and is surrounded by a wide moat, absent on the steep east side and dug deepest in the rock on the north side. The excavation of the ditch partly serves as a pre-wall. The ditch, the construction, the structure of the masonry, the missing keep (the northern narrow side could have been raised in the manner of a shield wall), the remains of window jambs made of red sandstone that were reinstalled on the northern window of the west side and all of this during ten inspections by Heiko Wagner Material found between 2000 and 2005 points to the late 13th century and around 1300. The building stock was secured in 1905 and partially reconstructed. The northwest corner is the best preserved with a height of about 13.50 meters. On the approximately 4 meter high, windowless ground floor (stable or storage room), a residential building with one window each is bricked up over two storeys. Unless it was created during the renovation in 1905, the remains of a wall above it could be the wall of the attic. The northern part is considered the main building, which housed the owner's residence and a hall. No statements can be made about the shape of the roof of the castle. The probably unroofed courtyard in the middle part occupies the largest part of the castle. There, in place of the old well, there is a newly built stone enclosure, which was sometimes used as a hearth. The ring wall of the courtyard has now disappeared. Heiko Wagner assumes that the access to the castle, similar to today's path, is in its central to northern part on the east side. New sandstone cornices have been built into the window openings of the south-facing, two-part building, which corresponds to what was found in fragments in the old well shaft. It may have been used for storage, as living quarters for servants and as a kitchen. In the 1930s there were wooden viewing terraces and stairs to them on part of the walls.[15]# In the summer of 2021, the State Office for the Preservation of Monuments was informed that a large stone from the northern foundation wall was in danger of breaking off, which could affect the preservation of the entire wall. As of February 2022, only precautionary measures had been taken.[16]

The history of the castle is very interesting. The tower can be walked on and you can enjoy a fantastic view

The Schneeburg is a castle ruin at a height of 516 meters on the western foothills of the Schönberg. It is located between Uffhausen, Ehaben and the Freiburg district of St. Georgen. Built in the 13th century by the Lords of Hornberg, the castle was handed over to the fiefdom of the Monastery of St. Gallen in 1349. In return, Werner von Hornberg received the rule of Ehaben. The castle was abandoned before 1500 and thus fell into disrepair. The ruins in the Ehaben district consist of the remains of the keep and a residential building. Overall, it is only 37 meters long and approx. 17 meters wide. The complex is surrounded by a wide moat. The four-story keep with two windows is on the north side. The former residential building in the south of the complex is divided into two parts and a stone surround can be seen in the courtyard instead of the old well.