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Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate)

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Wildenstein Castle
Burg Wildenstein
Dannenfels
Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate) is located in Rhineland-PalatinateWildenstein Castle (Palatinate)Show map of Rhineland-PalatinateWildenstein Castle (Palatinate) is located in GermanyWildenstein Castle (Palatinate)Show map of Germany
Coordinates49°36′51.12″N 7°55′29.64″E / 49.6142000°N 7.9249000°E / 49.6142000; 7.9249000
Typehill castle, motte
CodeDE-RP
Height486 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditionwall remains
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".

References

  1. Information board at the castle, viewed 2009

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