Where is the Burgruine Ettling located?

It is located in Pförring, in the Landkreis Eichstätt, Bavaria.

What remains of the Burgruine Ettling?

Visitors can see the remains of a ring wall, a residential building with a vaulted cellar, a gatehouse and an old chapel.

Can the Burgruine Ettling be visited freely?

The site can be viewed outdoors, with no opening hours or admission fees provided.

How old is the Burgruine Ettling?

The castle is first documented in the early fifteenth century, though the local noble family is mentioned as early as 1090.

Burgruine Ettling

Pförring

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Pförring

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burgruine Ettling stands in Pförring (Landkreis Eichstätt), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Burgruine Ettling is the ruined remains of a moated castle built on an artificial island in the spring basin of the Kelsbach, near Pförring in Bavaria. What remains includes a ring wall standing six to eight metres high, the former main residential building with a vaulted cellar, a gatehouse with a segmental arch, and the remnants of the old St Peter chapel. First documented in the early fifteenth century, the castle passed through several noble families before falling into decay after 1568.

What to know

The site is visited outdoors, around a pond fed by the springs of the Kelsbach.
An information panel was set up at the site in 1982.
No opening hours or admission fees are given, as the ruin can be viewed freely in the open air.
Sturdy footwear is advisable since the ground is natural and close to water.

Where this château is

Pförring · Landkreis Eichstätt · Bayern

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Address

Burgstraße 6, 85104 Pförring

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Bayern

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Where is the Burgruine Ettling located?: It is located in Pförring, in the Landkreis Eichstätt, Bavaria.
What remains of the Burgruine Ettling?: Visitors can see the remains of a ring wall, a residential building with a vaulted cellar, a gatehouse and an old chapel.
Can the Burgruine Ettling be visited freely?: The site can be viewed outdoors, with no opening hours or admission fees provided.
How old is the Burgruine Ettling?: The castle is first documented in the early fifteenth century, though the local noble family is mentioned as early as 1090.