Ruine Hinterburg

Germany, Germany

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Ruine Hinterburg refers to two notable castle ruins in Germany, both medieval remnants offering striking views and hiking appeal.

Near Neckarsteinach in Hesse, the Hinterburg—also called Schadeck—is a spur castle ruin on a 165-meter hill above the Neckar River loop, destroyed in the Thirty Years' War around 1630 and restored in the 1960s, featuring a dark climbable tower with panoramic vistas of the river, forests, and Dilsberg Fortress as part of a trail linking four local castles.

In Tengen, Baden-Württemberg, another Hinterburg atop a 610-meter spur was built around 1150 by the Lords of Tengen, separated during a 1275 partition, destroyed twice in the 15th century by the Swabian League and Swiss forces, then quarried until 1850, leaving only a 20-meter (originally 32-meter) keep amid the historic old town.