Top 14 Castles around Dotternhausen

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The Ror castle ruins are located in the middle of the forest. A path leading past the nearby hiking trail leads to the Ror castle ruins, or alternatively from the Ror castle ruins circular path. freely accessible The sparse remains of the former Ror castle are located on the slope of the Schlösslesberg on the Albtrauf of the Zollernalb between Bisingen in the north and the Hundsrücken mountain in the south at an altitude of 673 m above sea level. The shape of the terrain that indicates the former castle is still clearly visible. These are in particular the moat and the hilltop on which the castle was located. The most striking of the building remains is the shield wall, the rest of which has recently been added to and smoothed down. At the castle site there is an information board from the Bisingen mayor's office dated August 15, 1993. According to this, Ror castle was built in the 11th century by the local lords of Bisingen. In the war of the Swabian Imperial Cities against Count Eberhard the Illustrious of Württemberg in 1311, Ror Castle was destroyed by the Imperial City of Reutlingen. Source: https://www.zollernalb.com/attraktionen/burgruine-ror-c3fd4f45d1

Ror Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the slope of the Schlössleswald, a hill spur in front of the Hundsrücken, at about 673 meters above sea level south of the municipality of Bisingen in the Zollernalb district in Baden-Württemberg. The castle was built around the year 1100 by the Lords of Bisingen. This noble family was divided into three lines, with the Walger von Bisingen line based at a castle in the town and at Ror Castle. One of the other two branches was named after the town of Zainingen, and there was also the Kerus. They served the Counts of Zollern with their neighboring Hohenzollern Castle, the Lords of Hohenberg and the Counts of Zollern-Schalksburg. The castle nobility is mentioned several times, for example around the year 1228 with Baldebert I of Bisingen, and in 1255 with his son Walger I of Bisingen. Baldebert built another castle near Roßwangen on the Burgbühl, but it was already destroyed by his death in 1263. Later, a Walger III appears, who owned Bisingen and the castle of Ror as a fief of the counts of Zollern-Schalksburg. In 1311, the castle was destroyed by the city of Reutlingen in the war between the Swabian imperial cities and Württemberg. It is said of it: "[The Reutlingen] led their troops to Ror, where many died". Afterwards, or after a previous destruction, the palace of the castle was rebuilt. After the death of Walger IV in 1342, the castle stables of Ror and the village of Bisingen were sold to the counts of Zollern for 500 pounds by the Urach steward Knight Cuon (Konrad). The farmsteads of the castle, which lay below in the valley, were also given to citizens of Streichen in 1343. Between 1953 and 1959, excavations and securing of the excavated wall remains were carried out by the Bisingen-Steinhofen local history association under the direction of the State Monument Office with Angelika Reiff. In 2004/05, further archaeological excavations were carried out by the Tübingen Regional Council, Monument Preservation Department under the direction of Erhard Schmidt. Remnants of walls, ditches and ramparts are still preserved from the former castle complex. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Ror

A concrete spiral staircase leads up to the keep's lookout. Since the tower is not very high, the view is very limited on three sides

The ruin is a former hilltop castle, a bit off the hiking trail

There is not much to see of the former castle. The numerous information boards give you a good insight into the history of Hohenberg Castle. Benches with a great view invite you to linger

You need a bit of imagination to see something here. The location for a 🏰 is a bit unusual in the valley. 😳

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