Burgruine Obersulzbürg

Mühlhausen, Germany, Germany

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Burgruine Obersulzbürg is the remains of a medieval hilltop castle overlooking the village of Sulzbürg, part of Mühlhausen in Bavaria, Germany.

The castle was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Sulzbürg, who later became known as the Lords of Wolfstein, and served as an important seat of power within the Sulzbürg-Pyrbaum territory. During the 16th century, the fortress was expanded into a more palace-like residence.

It was destroyed in 1634 during the Thirty Years’ War but later rebuilt. After the Wolfstein family died out in 1740, the castle was used as an administrative residence before being sold and dismantled following the secularization period in the early 19th century. Today, only parts of the ring wall, defensive moat, and two semicircular towers remain.