View across the castle grounds to the west: remains of the keep in front, then the inner buildings and the site of the shield wall. Photo: W. Richter
The Turmhölzle castle ruins are among the best-preserved castle ruins in the district of Lörrach. It is situated on an oval hilltop at the end of a mountain spur on the southern slope of the Hohe Möhr to the east of the upper village of Raitbach, a district of the town of Schopfheim. The castle ruins occupy almost the entire summit plateau of the hilltop. It extends over approx. 35 metres in an east-west direction and approx. 18 metres at its widest point in a north-south direction. It has a total area of approx. 600 m2.
Meeting point: 1 p.m. Raitbach hiking parking lot.
The ruins can be reached on foot from there.
There is a guided tour of the castle grounds.
