Burg Pfalzgrafenweiler

The Burg Pfalzgrafenweiler stands on a gentle rise at 630 metres above sea level on the southern edge of Pfalzgrafenweiler in the Black Forest region. It was first recorded in 1165 when Pfalzgraf Welf VI destroyed it during the Tübinger Fehde against Welf VII and Hugo I. After rebuilding, Pfalzgraf Rudolf gave the castle and its lands to the Bishop of Strasbourg as a fief. The castle passed to the Counts of Eberstein in the mid-13th century and was later sold to Württemberg in 1421. Once the village and its fields were transferred, the fortress was dismantled and left in ruins. Today only a large grassy mound remains, encircled by a shallow ditch and an earthen rampart that hint at a modest tower keep. Visitors find a quiet grassy hillock marked by a low earthwork and a single information board. The site overlooks rolling farmland and distant forest, offering a peaceful spot to imagine the castle’s brief but turbulent past. No walls or towers survive, yet the shape of the mound and ditch still shows where the tower once stood. The surrounding meadows stretch towards the village below, giving a sense of the strategic position the builders chose.