Merenberg Castle

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Merenberg Castle
Merenberg Castle

Merenberg Castle

Alternative name (s): Hilltop castle
Creation time : 1129
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Remnants of walls, the keep, the palace
Standing position : Count, Ministeriale
Place: Merenberg
Geographical location 50 ° 30 '30.2 "  N , 8 ° 11' 21.5"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '30.2 "  N , 8 ° 11' 21.5"  E
Height: 337  m above sea level NHN
Merenberg Castle (Hesse)
Merenberg Castle

The castle Merenburg is the ruins of a medieval hilltop castle on the 337  m above sea level. NHN high Schloßberg, a basalt cone above the municipality of Merenberg in the Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .

history

Merenberg Castle is first mentioned in a document in 1129 and has been under the rule of Gleiberg since 1163 and with the Merenbergers with a few cent and count rights .

In 1333 the castle came to the line of those of Nassau-Weilburg through marriage, became a summer residence, from 13th / 14th. Century occupied by noble castle men and in the 16./17. Century with a bailiff. In 1646 during the Thirty Years' War the castle was destroyed.

investment

The castle has a 22 m high round donjon that is visible from afar and can be climbed as a lookout tower . A corner of the three-story palace and remains of outer walls and cellars have been preserved.

  • Pala side

  • Corner of the hall

  • Tower side

literature

  • Georg Dehio , Ernst Gall : Handbook of German art monuments - Southern Hesse . Berlin 1950.
  • 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. 432.
  • Ferdinand Luthmer : The architectural and art monuments of the Wiesbaden region. Volume 3. Lahn area . Walluf 1973.
  • Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich, Jens Friedhoff : "Decided with strong iron chains and bolts ...". Castles on the Lahn . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-2000-0 , pp. 120–123.

Web links

Commons : Burg Merenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hessenviewer (Geoportal Hessen) of the Hessian State Office for Soil Management and Geoinformation with property mapping ( information ) - see property map
  2. ↑ Chronicle> The future is seen positively on the website of the Merenberg Castle Support Association