Layen Castle
| Layen Castle | |
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 "Layen Castle" ruins |
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| Creation time : | around 1169 |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle |
| Conservation status: | ruin |
| Standing position : | Noble |
| Place: | Rümmelsheim |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 55 '48 " N , 7 ° 51' 54.5" E |
Layen Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the Schlossbühl near the pilgrimage chapel in the Rümmelsheim community in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate .
In 1169 the castle is mentioned for the first time together with “Rimilisheim” as “castro Leiga” (= Fixed House Layen) and belonged to the properties in Waldlaubersheim , Genheim , Roth , Schweppenhausen and Eckenroth of the Lords of Bolanden .
Layen Castle (on a Laye = on the stone), which was also partially owned by the Knights of the Stone, served to protect the Trollbachtal through which the road led to the heights. In 1680 the castle, of which the keep still stands today, was restored.
See also
- Sulzer Hof (Bad Kreuznach) with a fiefdom of the von Layen, von Eltz and other heirs of Burg Layen from the 14th century to 1764.
literature
- Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich, Achim Wendt: "... where a mighty tower stubbornly looks down" - castles in the Hunsrück and on the Nahe . 1st edition. Schnell und Steiner publishing house, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2493-0 , pp. 110-113.