Support group for the preservation and research of the Turmhoelzle ruins

Wall and keep of Wieladingen ruins. Von PantaRhei - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

Excursion with guided tour

The Wieladingen ruins, are the ruins of a spur castle located on a 540-meter-high mountain spur along the Lehnbach stream, above the Murg Valley near Wieladingen, a district of the municipality of Rickenbach.

Between 1984 and 1996, volunteers from the Förderkreis Burgruine Wieladingen association secured the remains of the ruins and made the tower accessible.

Honorary Chair Dr. Nauwerck, who has overseen the conservation of the ruins from the very beginning, and board members Mr. Hottinger and Mr. Burkart will lead the tour.

More details about the specific schedule will follow!

Surface find from the Turmhölzle ruins. Photo: Wolfgang Richter

In 1981, the eastern section of the castle, including the keep, was excavated by groups of students under the guidance of archaeologists, at the initiative of the town of Schopfheim.

The finds from this excavation are on display at the Zentrale Fundarchiv in Rastatt, which is part of the Baden-Württemberg State Museum of Archaeology.
On May 8, 2026, members of the board will examine the finds. We hope that these finds will provide us with further information about the Turmhölzle ruins.

The surface finds shown above are a wrought-iron horseshoe nail (length: 3.2 cm) and three shards of medieval pots. The two lower shards are from the same pot, but they do not fit together. The design of the horseshoe corresponds to a type of horseshoe that was common from around 1000 to 1250.