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Weinsberg Castle

Germany · 10th century

Founded
1000
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Weinsberg
Coordinates
49.1539°, 9.28278°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Weinsberg Castle in Germany
Photo: Rosenzweig · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The castle ruin of Weibertreu, originally Burg Weinsberg, is the ruin of a hill castle, presumably built in the early 11th century, in the town of Weinsberg in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg.

The castle is known for the “Treu-Weiber-Begebenheit” (faithful wives episode) of 21 December 1140 that gave it its name, when, after the capitulation of the besieged castle, the women (later called the “Treue Weiber von Weinsberg”, the faithful wives of Weinsberg) saved their husbands from execution by carrying them down the hill on their backs. Because of its exposed position in the south-western corner of the Weinsberg interchange of federal motorways 6 and 81, the castle ruin is known by sight to many motorists. It lies north-west of and above the town centre on the Burgberg, 272.2 m above sea level (NHN), which today is used almost entirely for wine growing. The owner of the complex, which can be visited for an entrance fee, is the Justinus-Kerner-Verein und Frauenverein Weinsberg.

Machine-translated from “Burgruine Weibertreu” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Weinsberg Castle ranks #5,650 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #526 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1000, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 206 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,519 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stuttgart, 43 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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