Helfenstein Castle (Koblenz)

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Helfenstein Castle
H = Burg Helfenstein Castle ruins south of the Electoral Trier fortress Ehrenbreitstein in the 17th century

H = Burg Helfenstein
Castle ruins south of the Electoral Trier fortress Ehrenbreitstein in the 17th century

Creation time : around 1160
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall, built over
Standing position : Ministeriale
Place: Koblenz
Geographical location 50 ° 21 '41.5 "  N , 7 ° 36' 47"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '41.5 "  N , 7 ° 36' 47"  E
Height: 133  m above sea level NHN
Colored graphic, photographed from a book
Ehrenbreitstein Castle and Helfenstein Castle. Representation around 1570.

The Helfenstein Castle is an Outbound Spur castle on the Ehrenbreitstein in Koblenz . It was built by the von Helfenstein family around 1160 on a mountain spur south of the Ehrenbreitstein castle in Electoral Trier . Both castles were separated from each other by a deep gorge. The family initially performed their duties on the Ehrenbreitstein, but expanded their domain around 1300 with the construction of the Sporkenburg and Mühlenbach Castle .

In the 14th century, Helfenstein Castle was hardly inhabited and eventually fell into disrepair. With the construction of the Prussian fortress Ehrenbreitstein at the beginning of the 19th century, the castle ruins were built over by Fort Helfenstein, which is part of the fortress .

literature

  • Energieversorgung Mittelrhein GmbH (ed.): History of the city of Koblenz . Overall editing: Ingrid Bátori in conjunction with Dieter Kerber and Hans Josef Schmidt
    • Vol. 1: From the beginning to the end of the electoral era . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992. ISBN 3-8062-0876-X
    • Vol. 2: From the French city to the present . Theiss, Stuttgart 1993. ISBN 3-8062-1036-5
  • The art monuments of the city of Koblenz. The profane monuments and the suburbs , arr. by Fritz Michel (Die Kunstdenkmäler von Rheinland-Pfalz 1), Munich 1954, p. 394.

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