Where is the Burgruine Velburg located?

It stands just east of the town of Velburg, in the Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria.

How old is the Burgruine Velburg?

It was built around 1100 and first documented in 1129.

Can visitors climb the keep?

Yes, the rebuilt twelve metre keep is accessible and functions as a viewpoint.

How do you get to the ruin?

It is reached on foot from Velburg via a winding lime tree avenue on the König-Otto-Schlaufe trail.

Why is the Burgruine Velburg in ruins?

It burned around 1450, was rebuilt, then destroyed by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War, and later used as a stone quarry in 1790.

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Burgruine Velburg stands in Velburg (Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 12th century. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Burgruine Velburg crowns a rocky outcrop above the town of Velburg in the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. Founded around 1100 and first recorded in 1129, it was the seat of the lords and later counts of Velburg before passing to the Wittelsbach dukes, being largely destroyed by fire in the fifteenth century, and finally ruined during the Thirty Years' War. Of the once triangular fortress only stretches of wall and a rebuilt keep remain, its top now open as a viewpoint over the limestone hills of the Franconian Jura.

What to know

The site is reached on foot from Velburg via an old lime tree avenue winding up in switchbacks, on the König-Otto-Schlaufe trail of the Jurasteig.
The rebuilt keep, twelve metres high, can be climbed and serves as a viewpoint over the surrounding countryside.
The ground is rocky and steep, set among dry grassland and beech woods typical of the local Jura landscape.
There are no fixed opening hours or fees, as the ruin is freely accessible.
The site lies within a protected landscape area and a Natura 2000 zone covering several limestone hills.

Where this château is

Velburg · Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz · Bayern

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Burgstraße, 92355 Velburg

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Bayern
Period of construction: 12th century

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Where is the Burgruine Velburg located?: It stands just east of the town of Velburg, in the Landkreis Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bavaria.
How old is the Burgruine Velburg?: It was built around 1100 and first documented in 1129.
Can visitors climb the keep?: Yes, the rebuilt twelve metre keep is accessible and functions as a viewpoint.
How do you get to the ruin?: It is reached on foot from Velburg via a winding lime tree avenue on the König-Otto-Schlaufe trail.
Why is the Burgruine Velburg in ruins?: It burned around 1450, was rebuilt, then destroyed by Swedish troops during the Thirty Years' War, and later used as a stone quarry in 1790.