Wildenstein Castle (Palatinate) Explained

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]

References

  1. Information board at the castle, viewed 2009

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