Altenbolanden Castle
| Altenbolanden Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Altbolanden Castle, "castrum Bolant" | |
| Creation time : | around 1100 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, earthworks | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Bolanden - Bolanderhof | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 38 '51 " N , 8 ° 1' 44.9" E | |
| Height: | 225 m above sea level NHN | |
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The castle Altbolanden even castle Altenbolanden called, is a Outbound Turmhügelburg (Motte) in the hamlet Bolanderhof the community Bolanden in Donnersbergkreis in Rheinland-Pfalz .
History and layout
The Niederungsburg, built in the 12th century by Count Werner I von Bolanden as ancestral seat, was first mentioned around 1184 as castrum Bolant , later came into the possession of the Counts of Leiningen and was destroyed and / or abandoned in the 14th century.
The remains of the Niederungsburg , built as a motte, showed after excavations in 1907–1908 a square fence with rounded corners. The castle hill had a diameter of 55 m, a rectangular residential tower about 9 × 6.5 meters, the castle courtyard about 18 × 18 meters and another rectangular building (residential building) a floor area of about 5.5 × 12 meters.
literature
- Helmut Bernhard , Dieter Barz, Jürgen Keddigkeit : Altenbolanden . In: Jürgen Keddigkeit, Alexander Thon, Karl Scherer, Rolf Übel (eds.): Palatinate Burgenlexikon. Volume 1 . Kaiserslautern 2003, pp. 121-127
Web links
- Entry on Altbolanden in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute