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Le château en bref
The Stiegelesfels is a ruined hilltop castle perched on a rocky spur on the north bank of the Danube, a little over one kilometre east of Fridingen an der Donau. It occupies a stretch where the river has cut deeply into the Upper Jurassic limestone, forming steep cliffs covered with dry grassland and forests that are now protected. The fortress comprised a lower bailey on the eastern rock base and an upper castle perched on a narrow, almost inaccessible ridge, which probably carried a keep-type residential tower measuring roughly 6.5 by 11 metres. The remains are limited to fragments of the lower enclosure wall, about seven metres long and two to three metres high, built in neatly laid small masonry, as well as cut steps and beam holes. Neither the builders nor the owners are known: the pottery found on site dates the site to the 12th century. A rockfall carried away part of the buildings, and traces of fire have been recorded. Situated within a nature reserve, the site can only be viewed from a distance.