The remains of the castle can be visited
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Aichelberg Castle
Aichelberg Castle Ruin is the ruin of a hilltop castle southeast of Aichelberg in the Göppingen district in Baden-Württemberg. It was the ancestral seat of the Counts of Aichelberg.
The castle is located above the village on the 564.2 m above sea level high peak of the eponymous Aichelberg, a mountain of the Swabian Jura. Above the ruin lies Turmberg Castle, built in 1210 on the Turmberg, above the village of the same name, Aichelberg. Both Aichelberg and Turmberg are sculpted remnants of former volcanic vents of the Swabian Volcano.
Aichelberg Castle was built between 1150 and 1200 by the Lords of Aichelberg; in 1334, it came into the possession of the Counts of Württemberg. In 1525, the castle was plundered and destroyed during the German Peasants' War. After 1525, the ruin was used as a quarry, with significant parts of the building being demolished until 1596.
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The oval castle area with a long spur to the northeast was protected by a neck ditch. Remains of the rampart and the neck ditch, as well as minor remnants of the masonry, can still be seen from the former complex. The castle site, which is freely accessible today, has an area of approximately 32 by 13 meters.
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