Burg im Riesebusch

The Riesebusch Castle was a hilltop castle in the Riesebusch forest in the area of ​​the town of Bad Schwartau in the Ostholstein district of Schleswig-Holstein. The remains of the castle, which dates back to the 13th century, are located on a long and narrow ridge of up to 16 meters high, surrounded by a loop of the Schwartau river, in the northernmost part of the Riesebusch on the so-called “Lange Hörn”. For the construction of the castle complex, the top (“Lange Hörn”) of the ridge was separated and fortified over a length of 500 meters by ramparts and ditches (which can still be seen today). Due to the steep slopes on the west and east sides of the ridge, no earth-moving fortifications were required there.