Honberg Castle Ruins

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Honberg Castle was built in 1460 by Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg. It was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War in 1645. After the great fire of 1803 stones were used as building material for the reconstruction of the city. In the 19th century two towers of the castle were rebuilt.

Castles and fortifications in GermanyAll sites in TuttlingenHabsburg Dynasty

Address
Beim alten Friedhof, Tuttlingen, Germany

Established
1460

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