Where is the Ruine Diepoldsburg located?

It stands in Lenningen, in the Landkreis Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, above the Lauter valley.

Can the Ruine Diepoldsburg be visited freely?

With no opening hours or fees listed, it is an open-air site reached on foot, like most ridge ruins in the area.

What remains can be seen there?

Visitors can see sections of the surrounding walls, a ditch system, a rounded-corner wall at the lower castle and a wooden footbridge crossing its ditch.

Ruine Diepoldsburg

Lenningen

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Ruine Diepoldsburg stands in Lenningen (Landkreis Esslingen), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Ruine Diepoldsburg crowns a rocky ridge above the Lauter valley near Unterlenningen in Baden-Württemberg. It is in fact a double fortress, made up of the Upper Diepoldsburg and the Lower Diepoldsburg, also known as Burg Rauber. Visitors can still see the remains of surrounding walls, a layered ditch system, and, at the lower castle, a rounded-cornered wall standing several metres high. A wooden footbridge now crosses the ditch that guards the entrance to the Lower Diepoldsburg.

What to know

The site consists of two separate fortifications about a hundred metres apart along a rocky ridge, which lengthens the visit.
Access is on foot via a forest path, with no specific facilities mentioned.
No opening hours, fees or accessibility details are given, as this is an open-air ruin with free access.
The ruin sits high on a rocky spur, so a reasonable level of fitness is needed to reach it.
There is no information on dog policies or parking at the site.

Where this château is

Lenningen · Landkreis Esslingen · Baden-Württemberg

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73252 Lenningen

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Where is the Ruine Diepoldsburg located?: It stands in Lenningen, in the Landkreis Esslingen, Baden-Württemberg, above the Lauter valley.
Is the Diepoldsburg one ruin or two?: It is a double fortress made up of the Upper Diepoldsburg and the Lower Diepoldsburg, also called Burg Rauber.
Can the Ruine Diepoldsburg be visited freely?: With no opening hours or fees listed, it is an open-air site reached on foot, like most ridge ruins in the area.
What remains can be seen there?: Visitors can see sections of the surrounding walls, a ditch system, a rounded-corner wall at the lower castle and a wooden footbridge crossing its ditch.