Burg Eggersberg

The ruins of Burg Eggersberg stand on a rocky outcrop above the Altmühltal valley in Lower Bavaria. A spur castle from the early 13th century, it once belonged to the Bavarian dukes and was later lent to various nobles. Only fragments remain: a four-metre stretch of the keep’s ashlar walls, part of a broad semicircular neck ditch, and the remains of a Baroque chapel built in 1736. The site is worth visiting for its layers of history. The castle was first recorded in 1326 as the ‘Feste Eggersberg’ and was destroyed in 1491 during the Löwler War before being rebuilt and finally pulled down in 1613. The chapel, added after 1700, collapsed in 1806, leaving a picturesque ruin. The ensemble also includes a later ducal castle built around 1600 and a former parish farmhouse with a gabled front. Visitors walk a short path to the Kirchfelsen outcrop where the keep once stood. From the rocky summit the view stretches across the Altmühltal to the newer Schloss Eggersberg below. The chapel’s broken walls and the deep neck ditch are still visible, while the surrounding hamlet preserves a row of 18th- and 19th-century Jura farmhouses with lime-slate roofs. The whole hilltop site forms part of a protected ensemble that links medieval fortress with later village life.