Waldstein Castle

This article is about the ruined castle in Germany. For Valdštejn or Waldstein Castle in the Czech Republic, see Valdštejn Castle.
Burg Waldstein
Fischerbach
Burg Waldstein
Coordinates 48°19′25″N 8°08′13″E / 48.3235°N 8.1369°E / 48.3235; 8.1369Coordinates: 48°19′25″N 8°08′13″E / 48.3235°N 8.1369°E / 48.3235; 8.1369
Type Hilltop castle
Code DE-BW
Height 550 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Condition Wall remains
Site history
Built before 1353
Garrison information
Occupants Nobility

Waldstein Castle (German: Burg Waldstein) is a ruined castle on an eminence near Franzosenhof in the Waldstein valley near the village of Fischerbach in Ortenaukreis in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg.

The hill castle was built by the lords of Waldstein, was mentioned in the records in 1353, but fell into ruins after 1500. Of the former castle site on a rock plateau of 40 by 10 metres, only a few sections of the ruined walls remain.

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