Ruins and historic buildings

  • Crèvecœur Castle

    Crèvecœur Castle

    Castle ruins on a cliff some 80 metres above the Meuse at Bouvignes – freely accessible and linked to a well-known legend of three…

  • Hopfen Castle Ruins

    Hopfen Castle Ruins

    Castle ruins on a hill spur above Hopfen am See near Füssen – regarded as the earliest stone castle in the Allgäu, with views…

  • Poilvache Castle

    Ruins of a medieval castle town on a rock above the Meuse at Houx – almost completely destroyed after a siege in 1430.

  • Saint Nicholas Chapel, Thynes

    Romanesque remains of an 11th-century church in the old cemetery of Thynes near Dinant – the sanctuary and crypt survive.

  • Schenkenturm (Schenkenschloss Ruins)

    Schenkenturm (Schenkenschloss Ruins)

    Keep of a 13th-century castle of the Schenken von Roßberg above Würzburg-Unterdürrbach – today an observation tower open to visitors.

  • Heidingsfeld Town Walls

    Remains of the medieval town wall of Heidingsfeld, today a district of Würzburg – built from 1368, a listed monument.