Native Name: | Burg Wildenstein |
Built: | c. 1200 |
Type: | hill castle, motte |
Condition: | wall remains |
Location: | Dannenfels |
Occupants: | free nobility |
Coordinates: | 49.6142°N 7.9249°W |
Map Type: | Rhineland-Palatinate#Germany |
Code: | DE-RP |
Wildenstein Castle (German: Burg Wildenstein) is a ruined hill castle on a hill,, 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]