What remains of Burg Bieberstein today?

Only wall fragments and enclosing walls survive, remnants of a 14th-century pentagonal residential tower.

Can you go inside Burg Bieberstein?

No, there is no standing building to enter, only open-air ruins.

Where is Burg Bieberstein located?

It lies in Wiehl, in the Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, on a rocky slope above the Wiehl valley.

Is the underground tunnel legend of Burg Bieberstein true?

No evidence has confirmed the legendary tunnel or the golden plough said to be hidden in its cellars.

Burg Bieberstein

Bieberstein Castle

Wiehl

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Where: Wiehl

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Burg Bieberstein stands in Wiehl (Oberbergischer Kreis), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Bieberstein is a ruined hilltop castle set on a rocky slope above the Wiehl valley, near the hamlet of Bieberstein in the municipality of Reichshof. Built in the 14th century, it consisted of a multi-storey pentagonal residential tower made of rubble stone, together with adjoining farm buildings. Inhabited until the mid-19th century, latterly as a forester's dwelling, it fell increasingly into decay afterward due to stone robbing. Only wall remnants and enclosing walls survive today, and the vaulted cellars can no longer be reached.

What to know

This is an open-air ruin, with no habitable building to tour.
Access is via a path leading up to the rocky outcrop above the Wiehl valley.
There are no set opening hours or admission fees, as the site is an open-air ruin.
The vaulted cellars mentioned in local lore are no longer locatable or accessible.

Where this château is

Wiehl · Oberbergischer Kreis · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Biebersteiner Str., 51674 Wiehl

Directions open from wherever you are, by car or public transport.

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Château phone number

+49 1578 5763902

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What remains of Burg Bieberstein today?: Only wall fragments and enclosing walls survive, remnants of a 14th-century pentagonal residential tower.
Can you go inside Burg Bieberstein?: No, there is no standing building to enter, only open-air ruins.
Where is Burg Bieberstein located?: It lies in Wiehl, in the Oberbergischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, on a rocky slope above the Wiehl valley.
Is the underground tunnel legend of Burg Bieberstein true?: No evidence has confirmed the legendary tunnel or the golden plough said to be hidden in its cellars.