The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Beutelsbach Castle (Ruin)
Beutelsbach Castle, also known as Kappelberg Castle Ruin, refers to the remains of a castle near the Beutelsbach district of the city of Weinstadt in the Rems-Murr district in Baden-Württemberg.
In 1968, the foundations and ruins of the spur castle were rediscovered and excavated during vineyard consolidation work on a mountain spur above Beutelsbach.
Today, the ruin is one of the most historically significant sites in the state. The castle was probably built in the 10th to 11th century by the Württembergers as their first ancestral castle. It protected the Kaiserstraße, an important medieval road connection that leads over the Schurwald into the Filstal valley. Around 1080, the Württembergers still called themselves after Beutelsbach until they took over Wirtemberg Castle.
The castle was probably already a ruin at that time. It was mentioned in 1252, destroyed in 1312, and was the scene of the "Poor Konrad" uprising in 1514.
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