Germany · Partial ruin
Teck
Teck Castle (Burg Teck) crowned the Teckberg ridge above Kirchheim unter Teck in Württemberg. The medieval fortress was destroyed in 1525; later 19th–20th century buildings and an observation tower were erected on the ruins and the site is now a protected area.
Its prime
1520
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1520
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched along the narrow crest of a limestone escarpment, the castle presents a long linear silhouette following the ridge with a continuous stone curtain wall and small round flanking towers at intervals. A prominent cylindrical keep stands near the highest point, rising above the domestic ranges whose steep tiled roofs sit close to the wall-walk. The masonry is pale local limestone, the outer face dropping sheer to jagged cliffs and wooded slopes below; at its prime the complex is complete and defensible.
Its story
The story of Teck.
Burg Teck crowned the 775-metre Teckberg ridge from which it took its name, immediately north of the Swabian Jura above Kirchheim unter Teck. A ducal castle in what became the kingdom of Württemberg, it was destroyed in the German Peasants' War of 1525.
The present buildings rose on the ruins in the 19th and 20th centuries: the Teckturm observation tower with its refuge shelter was inaugurated on 1 September 1889, and the Mörike Hall followed in 1933, converted in 1954–55 into a restaurant with sleeping rooms. The Schwäbischer Albverein has owned the buildings since June 1941, and the surrounding area was designated a Naturschutzgebiet in 1999.
The Teck name outlived the castle. In 1863 King William I of Württemberg conferred the courtesy title 'Prince of Teck' on the children of Duke Alexander of Württemberg's morganatic marriage to Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, and in 1871 Prince Francis was created Duke of Teck — his daughter Mary of Teck became queen consort to King George V.
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6 places to explore in 1520.
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