Oberes Schloss Singen

The Upper Schloss Singen stands beside the town hall in Singen, a short walk from the Hohentwiel’s slopes. Built between 1809 and 1810 by Franz Josef von Enzenberg, the three-storey square building with its mansard roof replaced an earlier medieval site. The Enzenberg family gave the house its other name, Enzenbergsches Schloss, after marrying into the property. Inside, the building now holds the Archaeological Hegau Museum. Thirteen rooms trace 15 000 years of settlement from the last Ice Age to the early Middle Ages. Downstairs a single large cellar displays fossils, minerals and butterflies collected in the region. The museum shows how ordinary people lived through changing climates and cultures. Outside, the square’s fountains and plane trees frame views of the town’s low roofs. A short stroll leads to the Walburgishof, the former Lower Schloss, now a converted factory. Both buildings sit on the Burgenweg trail that links the region’s castles and keeps the memory of Singen’s past alive.