Oldest castles in southern Germany?

In article ,
"Tim C." wrote:

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:44:49 -0600, Dan Stephenson wrote in post :
news:2008112321444916807-stephedanospam@maccom :

Hi I am travelled to Germany next year and I'm laying in some planning.

I really like visiting castles, the older the better. I plan to visit
Heidelburg, but I'm looking for your suggestions for others to visit in
the area of southern Germany, south of Frankfurt that is, particular in
Bavaria?

Thanks, please post

Hohenzollern?
The Burg ruins at Teck near in the Swabian Alps near Stuttgart.

The only part of what's on top of the hill Hohenzollern is on that's
actually old is a chapel.

There are many great castle ruins in the Swabian Alps. Hohenurach is a
nice one.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo

On 2008-11-24, Dan Stephenson wrote:
Hi I am travelled to Germany next year and I'm laying in some planning.

I really like visiting castles, the older the better. I plan to visit
Heidelburg, but I'm looking for your suggestions for others to visit in
the area of southern Germany, south of Frankfurt that is, particular in
Bavaria?

(Strictly speaking, "south of Frankfurt" is Baden-Württemberg. Bavaria
is south-east)

One place you should check out is Falkenstein near Pfronten. Not so much
for the ruin, but for the setting.

In article ,
Jesper Lauridsen wrote:

On 2008-11-24, Dan Stephenson wrote:
Hi I am travelled to Germany next year and I'm laying in some planning.

I really like visiting castles, the older the better. I plan to visit
Heidelburg, but I'm looking for your suggestions for others to visit in
the area of southern Germany, south of Frankfurt that is, particular in
Bavaria?

(Strictly speaking, "south of Frankfurt" is Baden-Württemberg. Bavaria
is south-east)

One place you should check out is Falkenstein near Pfronten. Not so much
for the ruin, but for the setting.

Baden-Württenberg, partcularly Swabia, is full of old castles and some
really lovely ruins. I've visited many of them, but I'm too tired to
pull out one of my books and throw in a list tonight. Hohenurach is a
nice one, for instance. And further south, I find Hohentwiel more
impressive than Falkenstein.

--
Mary Loomer Oliver (aka Erilar)

You can't reason with someone whose first line of argument is
that reason doesn't count. --Isaac Asimov

Erilar's Cave Annex: http://www.chibardun.net/~erilarlo*

[quote=Dan Stephenson;942077]Hi I am travelled to Germany next year and I'm laying in some planning.

I really like visiting castles, the older the better. I plan to visit
Heidelburg, but I'm looking for your suggestions for others to visit in
the area of southern Germany, south of Frankfurt that is, particular in
Bavaria?

Thanks, please post
--
Dan Stephenson
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Hi Dan:

One of the easiest and most relaxing ways to see the castles of Germany is on a Rhine river cruise. Several include visits to Heidelberg as well as the stretch from Rudesheim to Koblenz.

John