Brunkenstein Castle

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Brunkenstein Castle
Remains of the keep

Remains of the keep

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 Coordinates: 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.

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