Wasserburg Bissingen

The water castle at Bissingen stands beside the Gießnaubach in the eastern part of the village. Built in the 12th century by the lords of Bissingen, it was a motte-and-bailey castle with a square mound rising from a circular moat. The central mound measured about fifteen metres across and was surrounded by a defensive ditch fed by the nearby stream. The site is now a grassy mound in the parish garden, still showing the original ring ditch and low ramparts. North and east walls survive as low earthworks, while the other sides were levelled by later farming and kitchen gardens. The mound rises roughly four metres above the ditch floor, giving a clear sense of the castle’s former height. Visitors walk around the quiet garden and trace the outline of the vanished buildings. The stream that once filled the moat still flows past the southern edge of the mound. A low information board marks the spot, and the garden’s paths lead directly over the old walls. From the mound there are views across the village roofs towards the wooded Teck ridge.