Burg Hofen
Burg Hofen is a castle ruin in Stuttgart’s Hofen district, standing above the Neckar at roughly 240 metres above sea level. It is Stuttgart’s only castle ruin with standing wall remains.
Around 1250, the Counts of Württemberg built this small fortress to protect a Neckar crossing and a trade route. The nearby village appears in records from 1120. Cuno von Mühlhausen first held the castle, which passed to Count Eberhard II after Luithart IV died in 1369. The Neuhausen family retained it until 1753. Fire during the Thirty Years’ War damaged the castle severely, and it stood in ruins by 1685. In 1783, large sections were dismantled for St Barbara Church, while Stuttgart acquired the ruins in 1999. Restoration made the site accessible in 2000.
The shield wall rises eight metres and measures two and a half metres thick, beside a keep still standing thirteen metres high. A dry moat and zwinger surrounded the main castle. A southwest bridge led to a gate whose partial remains still mark the original entrance, with a palas occupying the southeast corner.
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