Breitenbruck Castle

The castle, which has become a farm, still contains elements of a fortified manor, although significant parts of the building fabric, as depicted in Georg Matthäus Vischer's engraving, have disappeared. It lies on a small rock plate and was formerly surrounded by a pond. The floor plan corresponds to an irregular octagon. The uppermost floor has been demolished. The moat around the castle is now filled in.

In the castle courtyard, there are two sundials, one of which shows the morning hours and the other the afternoon hours. Of the tower to the right of the entrance, two floors are preserved. Towards the courtyard, it is clad with wood and serves as a shed. The edges on the outside are rounded. The second tower leads into a cellar, which is equipped with a barrel vault and supporting columns. The interior rooms on the first floor are well preserved, but the former chapel with a cross-ribbed vault has become a living room. In the hall of the first floor, the old Kein-lamp holders are still attached to the ceiling. On the ground floor, there is a hall with a magnificent net-ribbed vault, which served as a pigsty for a long time. In the inner courtyard, there are still remains of wall paintings.

The walls on the outer front still have the old windows, and some of the old window baskets are also preserved. There is also a latrine bay on the outside. New windows have been installed on the ground floor. On the entrance side, a new, enlarged entrance gate, adapted to the needs of the time, dominates. However, the original Gothic gate with an adjacent wicket door and the drawbridge rollers are still preserved next to the entrance tower.