Can you visit Burg Wahrberg?

The building is used as a seminar house and is not open to the public for touristic visits.

How old is Burg Wahrberg?

Its oldest surviving parts date to the early 13th century, though the site was likely settled earlier in the early Middle Ages.

Who built Burg Wahrberg?

It is believed to have been built by one of the bailiffs of the Eichstätt diocese, likely the Counts of Oettingen.

Where is Burg Wahrberg located?

It lies in Aurach, in the Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria, on a rocky spur above the Altmühl valley.

Burg Wahrberg

Wahrberg Castle

Aurach

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Burg Wahrberg stands in Aurach (Landkreis Ansbach), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 8th century. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Wahrberg sits at the tip of a rocky spur above the Altmühl valley in Aurach, Bavaria. Established in the early Middle Ages, likely by the Counts of Oettingen to guard trade and military routes, it still preserves elements from the early 13th century, including vaulted cellars and sections of bossed stone walls. Altered in the 17th and 18th centuries and rebuilt in a neoclassical style after a fire in 1864, the castle now functions as a seminar house, with a riding stable in its outbuildings.

What to know

The castle currently functions as a seminar house and is not open for casual visits.
The outbuildings house a riding stable, so this is not a typical tourist site.
It stands on an isolated rocky spur near Aurach, in the Landkreis Ansbach.
No opening hours, admission fees, or accessibility details are published for this site.

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Where this château is

Aurach · Landkreis Ansbach · Bayern

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91589 Aurach

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Bayern
Period of construction: 8th century

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Can you visit Burg Wahrberg?: The building is used as a seminar house and is not open to the public for touristic visits.
How old is Burg Wahrberg?: Its oldest surviving parts date to the early 13th century, though the site was likely settled earlier in the early Middle Ages.
Who built Burg Wahrberg?: It is believed to have been built by one of the bailiffs of the Eichstätt diocese, likely the Counts of Oettingen.
Where is Burg Wahrberg located?: It lies in Aurach, in the Landkreis Ansbach, Bavaria, on a rocky spur above the Altmühl valley.