Wellheim Castle

Wellheim Castle
Burg Wellheim
Wellheim
The castle on the Jurassic rocks
Wellheim Castle is located in Bavaria
Wellheim Castle
Wellheim Castle
Wellheim Castle is located in Germany
Wellheim Castle
Wellheim Castle
Coordinates48°49′13″N 11°04′49″E / 48.8203°N 11.0803°E / 48.8203; 11.0803
Typehill castle, built on rocks
CodeDE-BY
Site information
Conditionruin
Site history
Built12th century
Materialsrusticated ashlar, limestone, timber-framing

Wellheim Castle (German: Burg Wellheim) is a former fortification in Upper Bavaria (county of Eichstätt). The ruins of the old rock castle stand dominantly on Jurassic rocks above the market town of Wellheim in the ancient Danube valley (the Wellheim dry valley). It was abandoned in the 18th century and partially demolished.