Hertenstein Castle is a ruined spur castle approximately 900 metres southwest of the village of Billingsbach, part of the municipality of Blaufelden, in the district of Schwäbisch Hall in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The castle is located on a steep hill above the confluence of two streams at an elevation of 442 metres . The main approach of the castle to the northeast was protected by an 80 metre long artificial moat running from the steep slopes to the north towards the neighbouring hill in the south. The moat is between 5 and 6 metres deep. Out of the moat a mound rises which are the remains of the outer ward, followed by a drop of 3 to 4 metres towards the inner ward. Inside the inner ward is a flat triangular area about 32 metres long and 25 metres wide, in the middle of which the remains of the bergfried are found. All that is left of the keep is a mound rising up to 5 metres with a diameter of 8 metres . The keep was built of rustication buckel stones .
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Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
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