The best-known ruins in Baden-Württemberg
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
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Burg Hohenurach stands at 692 m, 9 km from Metzingen; the Hohentwiel at 690 m, 2 km from Singen. Kloster Hirsau is 3 km from Calw, the Klosterruine Allerheiligen 9 km from Oberkirch. Around Albstadt are the Ruine der Burg Hossingen (9 km) and Ruine Hinter-Lichtenstein (11 km); near Balingen the Schalksburg (7 km). In Stuttgart itself, the Städtisches Lapidarium is 2 km from the center.
RLQuest knows 212 ruins in Baden-Württemberg, and 89 have a Wikipedia article, a better rate than the state's 284 caves or 1364 viewpoints manage. The names tell you what to expect: Burgruine, Klosterruine, Burgstall. A ruin is a good RLQuest quest because it is hard to fake; the app matches your recorded route to the spot before it counts.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
and 160 more
RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
