Ruine Kraftstein
Ruine Kraftstein stands near Dürbheim, a village in Baden-Württemberg, at 835 metres above sea level. Built in the twelfth century, the castle first appears in documents from the fourteenth. The ruin is a relic of the Middle Ages. From it you take in views over the surrounding landscape.
The noble families of Reichenau and Wartenberg once made the castle their seat. As you wander the site, the remnants of the residential tower show the scale medieval builders worked on. The keep, the Bergfried in German, covers a footprint of 10 by 15 metres.
The castle ruin forms part of the Donauwelle Kraftstein Runde, a premium hiking trail in the region. It carries you through landscapes of heath and meadow, with historical ruins dotted along the way. The keep's walls, at 1.8 to 2.4 metres thick, meet the defensive needs of the time.
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