Are any walls of Burg Wartenberg still standing?

No, nothing remains above ground, only shaped slopes and a ditch still trace the outline of the former stronghold.

What can visitors actually see on site today?

The St. Nicholas chapel, a later hunting lodge, and a memorial stele from 1855 stand on the former castle grounds.

Who built Burg Wartenberg?

Otto V of Scheyern-Wittelsbach had it built between 1116 and 1120.

Why did Burg Wartenberg disappear?

After burning down at the end of the 12th century and losing favor to other Wittelsbach seats, it lost its military role and was torn down by the 15th century, except for its chapel.

Burg Wartenberg

Wartenberg Castle

Wartenberg

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Burg Wartenberg stands in Wartenberg (Landkreis Erding), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Burg Wartenberg stood on the Nikolaiberg, a hilltop east of the town of Wartenberg in Bavaria. Built in the early 12th century by Otto V of Scheyern-Wittelsbach, it briefly became a seat of Wittelsbach power before being abandoned and largely torn down by the 15th century. No masonry remains above ground today; only shaped earthworks and the St. Nicholas chapel mark the former castle site.

What to know

This is not a castle building to tour but an open-air site, a Burgstall, with no main structure left standing.
The St. Nicholas chapel, rebuilt around 1250 and reworked in 1619, stands at the northwest corner of the former site and bears a Romanesque tympanum showing a dragon and a lion.
A limestone memorial stele, put up in 1855, marks where the castle once stood.
Reaching the site involves a walk uphill on the Nikolaiberg, east of the town of Wartenberg.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.

Where this château is

Wartenberg · Landkreis Erding · Bayern

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Am Spatzenberg 22, 85456 Wartenberg

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Are any walls of Burg Wartenberg still standing?: No, nothing remains above ground, only shaped slopes and a ditch still trace the outline of the former stronghold.
What can visitors actually see on site today?: The St. Nicholas chapel, a later hunting lodge, and a memorial stele from 1855 stand on the former castle grounds.
Who built Burg Wartenberg?: Otto V of Scheyern-Wittelsbach had it built between 1116 and 1120.
Why did Burg Wartenberg disappear?: After burning down at the end of the 12th century and losing favor to other Wittelsbach seats, it lost its military role and was torn down by the 15th century, except for its chapel.