Graeveneck Castle

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Graeveneck Castle
Vaulted cellar ("castle cellar")

Vaulted cellar ("castle cellar")

Creation time : 1395
Castle type : Location
Conservation status: Wall sections, vaulted cellars
Place: Weinbach - Graeveneck
Geographical location 50 ° 26 '46.3 "  N , 8 ° 15' 12.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '46.3 "  N , 8 ° 15' 12.6"  E
Gräveneck Castle (Hesse)
Graeveneck Castle

The castle Gräveneck is the residue of a medieval castle on the western edge of the district Gräveneck the community Weinbach in Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse .

The castle was built in 1395 as a siege castle by a knight league under the leadership of Count Philipp von Nassau-Saarbrücken against the knights of Elkerhausen. 1396 he won with his ally Count Dieter von Katzenellenbogen the castle New Elkerhausen and let her grind .

Only small remains of Gräveneck Castle have survived, some wall sections, a vaulted cellar and a filled neck ditch . In the 18th century, the remaining structure was used to build a courtyard house for the Brendel von Homburg estate .

literature

  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 429.

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