Burgschnabel Castle

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Burgschnabel Castle
Alternative name (s): Schnabel Castle
Castle type : Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Help
Geographical location 49 ° 7 '52 "  N , 7 ° 31' 16"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 7 '52 "  N , 7 ° 31' 16"  E
Height: 330  m above sea level NN

The Burg Schnabel , also castle Schnabel called, is an Outbound hillside castle in the village Hilst in Pirmasens-Land in the district Südwestpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate .

The castle complex of the former Fliehburg is located in a forest area at the exit of the village of Hilst in the direction of Schweixer Mühle 330 meters above sea ​​level .

Remains of the ramparts can still be seen on the 120 by 45 meter area of ​​the Wallburg .

literature

  • Jürgen Keddigkeit , Karl Scherer, Eckhard Braun, Alexander Thon, Rolf Übel : "Palatine Castle Lexicon I AE", Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, 1999

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