Landsberg Castle (Palatinate)
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| Alternative name (s): | Moschellandsburg, Landsburg | |
| Creation time : | 1130 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Construction: | Humpback cuboid | |
| Place: | Upper moschel | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 43 '30.9 " N , 7 ° 46' 50.9" E | |
| Height: | 331.4 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Burgenland Mountain , also Moschellandsburg or country Burg called, the ruins of a hilltop castle on the 331.4 m above sea level. NHN high Moschellandsberg (also Landsberg or Schloßberg ) near the town of Obermoschel in the Rhineland-Palatinate Donnersberg district in Germany . It can be rented for private parties.
history
A first mention of the castle from 1130 cannot be proven. Count Gerlach I von Veldenz (1112–1146) may be in possession of the castle. The first secure mention comes from 1255 and confirms the possession of the Counts of Veldenz as a Worms fief . After the extinction of the male line of the Counts of Veldenz in 1444, the castle with the County of Veldenz came to Stephan von Pfalz-Simmern and when the inheritance was divided it fell to the Pfalz-Zweibrücken line . Stephen's son Ludwig the Black owned the castle from 1453 to 1489 and expanded it into a strong fortress. The castle suffered severe damage in the Thirty Years War , it was handed over to the Spanish in 1620 and was taken over by the Croatians in 1622. Then in 1631 the Swedes moved into the castle and used the castle as barracks. In 1689 the castle was destroyed in the Palatinate War of Succession by the troops of King Louis XIV . The ruins were returned to their original owners in 1693. The castle was declared a national property during the French Revolution.
The most extensive maintenance and renovation work since the castle was destroyed took place in 1977 and 1978. A few years later, from 1981 to 1983, a refuge was built over the cellar vaults.
The castle is now owned by the town of Obermoschel, which has had annual renovation work, repairs and expansion work carried out since 2005. In 2007, parts of the castle complex were planted with old varieties of roses and the storage meadow bordered with fruit trees.
investment
A highly visible keep towers over the castle. In the 16th century the castle was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau . A huge shield wall made of humpback blocks from the 12th / 13th centuries. Century has been preserved, as well as the remains of Palas , gate tower, curtain wall , stables and wells .
literature
- Manfred Czerwinski: Castles. Proud witnesses of great times . Kaiserslautern 2002, ISBN 3-936216-07-X .
- Alexander Thon (Ed.): How swallow nests glued to the rock. Castles in the Northern Palatinate . Regensburg 2005, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4 , pp. 84-89.
- Frank Wagner, Jürgen Keddigkeit: Landsburg , in: Jürgen Keddigkeit , Ulrich Burkhart, Rolf Übel : Palatinate Burgenlexikon, Volume 3: IN . Published by the Institute for Palatinate History and Folklore, Kaiserslautern 2005, ISBN 3-927754-54-4 , pp. 297-314.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ) Scale 1: 1,000