Hohenstaufen Castle

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Hohenstaufen Castle
Hohenstaufen, Göppingen, Germany
View from the castle ruins
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Coordinates	48°44′35″N 9°42′58″E / 48.743°N 9.716°E / 48.743; 9.716
Type	Castle
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Condition	Ruin
Site history
Built	1050–1079
In use	1079–1525
Materials	Stone
Demolished	1525
Battles/wars	Peasants War

Hohenstaufen Castle (German: Burg Hohenstaufen) is a ruined castle in Göppingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The hill castle was built in the 11th century, on a conical hill between the Rems and Fils rivers (both tributaries of the Neckar) in what was then the Duchy of Swabia. It was the seat of the Staufer (Hohenstaufen) dynasty, the Dukes of Swabia for the period of 1079–1268, with three Holy Roman Emperors during 1155–1250. The castle was destroyed in the German Peasants' War of 1525.

Hohenstaufen Castle can be found on Hohenstaufen Mountain, 684 m (2,244 ft) above sea level. The word Stauf means "drinking vessel" (beaker or cup) and refers to the conical shape of the mountain.