An old knights castle - or what was left from it

Today we decided on a trip to the Harz Mountains. About an hours drive away from where we live I came across an old castle ruin with a nice view over the Harz Mountains. Since the kids are very mich into knights at the moment, I figured it would be a nice outing.

After an hours drive we parked at the bottom of the hill. It took us 45 minutes to hike up the hill and the kids were off exploring what was left of the castle. We were able to go up and old tower and have an amazing view over the Harz Mountains. We had a picknic inside the castle ruins before making our way back. We spend a total of 3-3,5 hours in total at the ruin (inkluding hking up there). It was a cool trip and we can only recommend it.