Brunkenstein Castle
Brunkenstein Castle | |
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Remains of the keep |
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Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
Conservation status: | Ruin of the residential tower |
Place: | Hochstetten-Dhaun |
Geographical location | 49 ° 48 '42.3 " N , 7 ° 30' 22.7" E |
The ruin of Brunkenstein Castle is an outer bailey of Dhaun Castle in Hochstetten-Dhaun , Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
The castle was built during the "Dhauner Feud" (1337-1342) in a dispute between Archbishop Balduin of Trier and the wild count Johann von Dhaun and in 1411 it was razed again . Get yourself that has ruined the round, split today residential tower or the keep .
literature
- Günther Stanzl: Brunkenstein castle ruins near Dhaun Castle in the Soonwald (Hunsrück) - building research and preservation of monuments , in: Burgen und Schlösser , magazine for castle research and preservation of monuments (published by the European Castle Institute), 4/2013, pages 233–241.
Web links
- Entry on Brunkenstein Castle in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Entry on Brunkenstein Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen". Retrieved September 14, 2015.