Burgruine Hohenringingen

Burladingen, Germany, Germany

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Burgruine Hohenringingen, also known locally as Nähburg, is a medieval hilltop castle ruin located on the Nähberg at about 877 meters above sea level above the village of Ringingen, which belongs to the town of Burladingen in the Zollernalbkreis of Baden‑Württemberg, Germany.

The fortress was first documented in 1180 under the knightly family von Ringingen and functioned as a small Höhenburg controlling the surrounding Swabian Jura landscape for several centuries. Over time the castle was destroyed, fell into decline by the 15th century, and was described as a “Burgstall” by 1508, with most of its buildings disappearing until a partial restoration in the 1970s.

Today the main remaining feature is the roughly 15‑meter‑high, fully restored keep (Bergfried), which can be climbed as an observation tower, along with fragments of the surrounding ring wall and traces of the former inner and outer bailey, while the site also includes a small grill area and offers panoramic views over the open fields around the Kornbühl.