Bosselstein Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Stein Castle, Old Castle | |
| Creation time : | around 1197 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, summit location | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Idar-Oberstein | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 42 '23.4 " N , 7 ° 19' 43" E | |
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The castle Bosselstein even Burgstein or Old Castle , the ruins of a hilltop castle above the upper district Oberstein from Idar-Oberstein in the district of Birkenfeld in Hunsrück .
The castle is located on the Kirchenfelsen , a rugged rocky reef above the Felsenkirche of Idar-Oberstein, above the Nahe valley and next to Oberstein Castle .
Bosselstein Castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Stein (Oberstein) and was first mentioned in 1197. From 1600 the castle was no longer inhabited, fell into disrepair and in 1945 came to Rhineland-Palatinate as a ruin .
The stump of the round keep and the remains of the palace and the curtain wall are still preserved from the castle complex .
Bosselstein castle ruins
Layout
Reconstruction drawing
Bosselstein, below the rock church .
literature
- Albert Ehrenhart Fichtel: Bosselstein Castle. Letter from the Oberstein Castle Association, reprint 2003
- Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich u. Achim Wendt, "... where a mighty tower defiantly looks down". Castles in the Hunsrück and on the Nahe, Regensburg: Schnell & Steiner 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2493-0 , pp. 118–121.
