Burg Widdern

En un regard

Le château en bref

North-east of the small town of Widdern, on a spur rising some fifty metres above the confluence of the Jagst and the Kessach, lie the modest remains of a medieval spur castle. The estates of the Counts of Lauffen passed in the early 13th century to the Lords of Dürn, then to the Wertheim and Boxberg families, who shared the castle and the settlement, which became a town in the second half of the 13th century. In the 15th century the lordship was split among several co-lords (Ganerben). Because one of them, Philipp von Heinrieth, had sheltered robber knights, Count Ulrich of Württemberg and Margrave Albert Achilles of Brandenburg destroyed the castle and the town on 29 June 1458. The fortress was never rebuilt: the co-lords built residences in the village instead. An old tower long served as the watchman's lodging before being demolished in 1833. The neck ditch and a few stones still bear witness to the site.