Werenwag Castle

Werenwag Castle is located on a rocky spur in the Upper Danube Valley, within the municipality of Beuron. The castle is currently owned by the House of Fürstenberg; it is inhabited and not accessible to the public.

Werenwag dates back to a high medieval castle, built around 1100 and belonging to the noble free lords of First. The keep dates from the 12th century.

In the late Middle Ages, the Lords of Werenwag were vassals of the Hohenbergers and the Habsburgs. Hugo von Werenwag was a minnesinger. In 1303, an Albrecht von Werenwag was active. Werenwag Castle was the center of power for the lordship of Werenwag, named after it. In 1459, Marquard von Werenwag sold the castle site and village of Ensisheim to Renhard von Melchingen. In 1629, the Counts of Fürstenberg acquired the castle, which they sold in 1721 to the Barons of Ulm zu Erbach. It was not until 1830 that Werenwag returned to the possession of the Princes of Fürstenberg. In 1891, the castle burned down, and on November 16, 1911, the castle was damaged by an earthquake: the tower and the attached staircase showed large cracks, and falling stone slabs from the tower battlements damaged the roof.