Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate)

Wildenstein Castle
Burg Wildenstein
Dannenfels
Site information
Typehill castle, motte
CodeDE-RP
Conditionwall remains
Location
Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate) is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate)
Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate) is located in Germany
Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate)
Coordinates49°36′51.12″N 7°55′29.64″E / 49.6142000°N 7.9249000°E / 49.6142000; 7.9249000
Height486 m above sea level (NN)
Site history
Builtc. 1200
Garrison information
Occupantsfree nobility

Wildenstein Castle (German: Burg Wildenstein) is a ruined hill castle on a hill, 486 m above sea level (NN), in the Wildenstein valley (Wildensteiner Tal), hidden in a wood at the foot of the Donnersberg near Dannenfels in the county of Donnersbergkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The castles is of the motte and bailey type. Together with the three other ruined castles of Falkenstein, Hohenfels and Tannenfels, it forms the ring of the "Donnersberg Castles".[1]

References

  1. ^ Information board at the castle, viewed 2009
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