Can you still visit the Hohenburg today?

Yes, the ruin can be reached on foot via a path from the west reopened in 2012, with an interpretive trail added in 2014.

Why is the Hohenburg a ruin?

It was destroyed by a fire on 21 July 1707 while occupied by Austrian troops during the War of the Spanish Succession.

What remains of the Hohenburg?

Part of a tower, several wall sections and ramparts, and a well shaft survive, now surrounded by dense woodland.

Where can you see a reconstruction of the Hohenburg?

A virtual reconstruction based on laser surveying is displayed at the Heimatmuseum in Lenggries, not at the castle site itself.

Hohenburg

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Hohenburg stands in Lenggries (Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Hohenburg is a ruined hilltop castle overlooking the Hirschbach stream near Lenggries. First recorded around 1100, it was for centuries the leading seat of power in the Isarwinkel region until a fire destroyed it in July 1707. Visitors today find the remains of a tower, sections of walls and ramparts, and a well shaft, set within a wooded site that a local association has worked to clear and interpret.

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What to know

The site consists of open-air ruins, with no covered building or on-site exhibition.
An access path from the west was reopened in 2012 and can be walked up to the ruin.
An interpretive trail with information panels was set up around the castle hill in 2014.
A virtual reconstruction of the castle is shown at the local Heimatmuseum in Lenggries, not at the site itself.
The hill is fully wooded, which limits views from parts of the site.

Where this château is

Lenggries · Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen · Bayern

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83661 Lenggries

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Bayern

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Can you still visit the Hohenburg today?: Yes, the ruin can be reached on foot via a path from the west reopened in 2012, with an interpretive trail added in 2014.
Why is the Hohenburg a ruin?: It was destroyed by a fire on 21 July 1707 while occupied by Austrian troops during the War of the Spanish Succession.
What remains of the Hohenburg?: Part of a tower, several wall sections and ramparts, and a well shaft survive, now surrounded by dense woodland.
Where can you see a reconstruction of the Hohenburg?: A virtual reconstruction based on laser surveying is displayed at the Heimatmuseum in Lenggries, not at the castle site itself.