The remains of the castle can be visited
CastleGeislingen an der Steige-Eybach
Hoheneybach Castle
Hoheneybach Castle, also known as Hohen-Eybach Palace, is a vanished hilltop castle on the 602 m above sea level Himmelsfelsen near the Eybach district of the city of Geislingen an der Steige in the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg.
The castle was built by the ministerial family of Helfenstein and first mentioned in 1265. From 1456, the castle was the ancestral seat of the Degenfeld family. The castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, but is believed to have still been inhabited in 1711 and was a ruin from 1724.
Today, the castle site only shows traces in the terrain with wall remains and a thirteen-meter-deep ditch behind the Himmelsfelsen.
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