Quantity Castle (Blieshaben-Bolchen)
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| Creation time : | 12th century, first mentioned in 1294 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Place: | Mandelbachtal - Blowing quantity-Bolchen | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 8 '52.8 " N , 7 ° 6' 37.3" E | |
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Massen Castle is the ruin of a moated castle on the Blies south of the municipality of Blies Mengen -Bolchen (Auf der Burg) in the Mandelbachtal municipality in the Saar-Palatinate district in Saarland .
The moated castle founded by the Lords of Mengen in the 12th century was first mentioned in 1294, destroyed in 1362 by the Lords of Bitsch, rebuilt a few years later and was owned by the von der Leyen family in the 17th century .
After the Second World War , the moats of the already dilapidated castle were buried. Today the castle site only shows small remains of the wall.