Breidenborn Castle
| Breidenborn Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Breitenborn | |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Enkenbach-Alsenborn | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 28 '2.6 " N , 7 ° 51' 14.6" E | |
| Height: | 260 m above sea level NN | |
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The Breidenborn Castle , also called Breitenborn , is a defunct tower castle (Motte) not far from the Daubenbornerhof on the Breitenauer Kopf, Enkenbach district of the Enkenbach-Alsenborn municipality in the Kaiserslautern district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
The castle was built in the 12th century by the Lords of Breidenborn and mentioned in 1229. The castle was destroyed between 1430 and 1436 and demolished in 1825. Nothing has been preserved from the former castle complex.
literature
- Jürgen Keddigkeit , Karl Scherer, Eckhard Braun, Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel : Palatinate Castle Lexicon, Volume 1 . Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern 1999, ISBN 978-3-927754-61-4 (contributions to Palatinate history; 12).
Web links
- Entry on Breidenborn Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute