Can you still visit Burg Hoheneybach?

You can reach the site, but only earthworks and wall fragments remain, no intact structure.

When was Burg Hoheneybach destroyed?

It was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and had become a ruin by 1724.

Who owned Burg Hoheneybach?

After Ellwangen Abbey held it, several lesser noble families received it as a fief, including the von Ahelfingen and von Randeck, before the von Degenfeld family made it their seat from 1456.

Is Burg Hoheneybach connected to Schloss Eybach?

Yes, the von Degenfeld family, who held Burg Hoheneybach, built Schloss Eybach at the foot of the rock in the mid-16th century.

Burg Hoheneybach

Hoheneybach Castle

Geislingen an der Steige

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Geislingen an der Steige

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

Sleep nearby

Burg Staufeneck (Staufeneck Castle)Accommodation on site10 km

Burg Hoheneybach stands in Geislingen an der Steige (Landkreis Göppingen), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Hoheneybach sits atop the Himmelsfelsen, a 602-metre rock above the village of Eybach, part of Geislingen an der Steige. Of this stronghold first recorded in the late thirteenth century, only earthworks, scattered wall remnants and a thirteen-metre-deep neck ditch cut behind the rock survive today. It appeals to visitors drawn to quiet, unrestored ruins rather than rebuilt castles.

What to know

Only ground-level remains survive, with no standing buildings to see.
The ruin sits atop the Himmelsfelsen rock, requiring a walk uphill to reach it.
No opening hours, fees, or visitor facilities are known for this site.
The nearby Schloss Eybach, built later downhill by the von Degenfeld family, is a separate site.

Where this château is

Geislingen an der Steige · Landkreis Göppingen · Baden-Württemberg

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Address

73312 Geislingen an der Steige

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Frequently asked

Can you still visit Burg Hoheneybach?: You can reach the site, but only earthworks and wall fragments remain, no intact structure.
When was Burg Hoheneybach destroyed?: It was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and had become a ruin by 1724.
Who owned Burg Hoheneybach?: After Ellwangen Abbey held it, several lesser noble families received it as a fief, including the von Ahelfingen and von Randeck, before the von Degenfeld family made it their seat from 1456.
Is Burg Hoheneybach connected to Schloss Eybach?: Yes, the von Degenfeld family, who held Burg Hoheneybach, built Schloss Eybach at the foot of the rock in the mid-16th century.