Can you climb the keep at the Burgruine Vienenburg?

Yes, the tower was restored and now serves as a lookout point.

Who built the Burgruine Vienenburg?

The exact origin is uncertain, but tradition credits Count Burchard VII of Wernigerode, whose name appears on a document dated 1306.

Who owned the Burgruine Vienenburg over time?

It passed through the town of Goslar, the bishopric of Hildesheim, the duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and then Prussia after secularisation in 1802.

What remains of the Burgruine Vienenburg today?

The round keep, the foundations of the vanished great hall, and part of the ring wall with attached farm buildings still stand.

Burgruine Vienenburg

Goslar

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Burgruine Vienenburg stands in Goslar (Landkreis Goslar), in Lower Saxony, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Perched on a rocky spur above the Oker valley, the Burgruine Vienenburg preserves the remains of a medieval stronghold whose exact origins remain uncertain. Its round keep, standing 24 metres tall, still dominates the site and can be climbed as a viewing tower. Around it lie the foundations of the demolished great hall and farm buildings leaning against the old ring wall, some with timber-framed upper storeys.

What to know

The site is an open-air ruin, with no known opening hours or ticketing.
The keep is entered via a raised doorway some 8 metres above courtyard level.
Access from the east crosses a ditch that once separated the stronghold from its surroundings.
Farm buildings leaning against the old wall occupy part of the former fortified site and are not all open to visitors.

Where this château is

Goslar · Landkreis Goslar · Niedersachsen

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Burgweg 2, 38690 Goslar-Vienenburg

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+49 173 3671150

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Niedersachsen

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Frequently asked

Can you climb the keep at the Burgruine Vienenburg?: Yes, the tower was restored and now serves as a lookout point.
Who built the Burgruine Vienenburg?: The exact origin is uncertain, but tradition credits Count Burchard VII of Wernigerode, whose name appears on a document dated 1306.
Who owned the Burgruine Vienenburg over time?: It passed through the town of Goslar, the bishopric of Hildesheim, the duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and then Prussia after secularisation in 1802.
What remains of the Burgruine Vienenburg today?: The round keep, the foundations of the vanished great hall, and part of the ring wall with attached farm buildings still stand.