Hohennagold Castle

High Nagold ruin, tower

The High Nagold Castle is a ruined hill fort in Nagold in the district of Calw in Baden- Württemberg.

Geographical location

The ruin is at 529.8 m above sea level. NN high Nagolder Schlossberg, a Südsporn in the knee of an approximately 135 degree turn to the north Nagold beating here, the few kilometers before emerging from the northeastern Black Forest in the vast landscape of the Gäus northwest of the upper Neckar. Compared with the porphyry rocks Schlossberg opens over 130 m lower their longest and right upper reaches of tributary Waldach.

History

The original first castle Hohen Nagold was built by the Earl of Nagold (since 1145 Count Palatine of Tübingen) in 1100. From 1153 to 1162 the castle was greatly expanded.

In the mid-13th century, the castle became the property of the Counts of Hohenberg. A branch of this family was called in the future Earl of Nagold and built the castle in the 13th and 14th centuries the residence of.

In 1363 they sold the castle to the Counts of Württemberg, which supplemented the system especially in the 15th century around the outside kennel with bastions and towers at the corners and occupied with their servants the castle. In 1645/46 the Thirty Years War, the castle was destroyed.

Plant

In the ruins of the foundation walls of various buildings of the castle core are included today. In addition, you can still find large parts of the outer bailey with the ruins of towers and the kennel of the outer bailey. The keep and another tower that can be climbed are obtained.

The castle is accessible at all times for inspection.