The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Durlach Castle
The Durlach Ruin, also known as Turmberg or Hohenberg, is a castle ruin in the district of Durlach, part of the city of Karlsruhe in Baden-Württemberg.
The former spur castle is located at approximately 256 meters above sea level on the spur tip of the Turmberg, 1000 meters east of the center of Durlach.
The castle was built in the second half of the11th century by the Counts of Hohenberg as their ancestral seat. Other owners of the castle included the Counts of Grötzingen, the Staufer dynasty, and the Margraves of Baden. In 1279, the castle was destroyed by Bishop Konrad III of Lichtenberg. In the middle of the 16th century, only the keep remained, which was used as a watchtower.
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The former castle complex featured a polygonal, two-meter-thick curtain wall, a residential tower approximately 12 x 12 meters in size, a 25-meter-high keep made of sandstone ashlar blocks with an entrance at a height of 9 meters, on a base area of approximately 11.70 x 11.70 meters with a wall thickness of 2.5 meters, and a neck ditch. The keep is preserved and serves as an observation tower.
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