Niederburg Castle

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Niederburg Castle
Creation time : 12th to 13th centuries
Conservation status: Wall remains
Standing position : Clerical
Place: Niederburg
Geographical location 50 ° 7 '7 "  N , 7 ° 41' 36"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '7 "  N , 7 ° 41' 36"  E
Niederburg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate)
Niederburg Castle

The Niederburg in Niederburg im Hunsrück , Rhineland-Palatinate , is a medieval castle ruin from the 12th or 13th century. It was built by the Archbishops of Trier at a point in time that can no longer be determined in order to have a nearby, conveniently located fortified place for their numerous battles against the city of Oberwesel . Attacks could be directed from here - for example in the Wesel feud , also known as the Wesel War , between Archbishop Werner von Falkenstein and the city of Oberwesel in 1390/1391, in which fire guns were used for the first time in the Rhineland . In the years 1362-1388 Archbishop Kuno II. Von Falkenstein stayed at Niederburg Castle - as a residence and to supervise the construction of the Maus Castle, which he completed at the time, Peterseck or Thurnberg .

Little is left of the castle complex today. This includes a piece of the castle wall with two round corner towers , one in the north with an outside diameter of around 9 m , a height of 7 m (2004) and a wall thickness of 3 m, through the outside of which a 2 m wide, shaft-shaped opening with a wall attachment runs, the other with underground foundation parts as a stump (3 m). On the two-storey section of the wall between the two towers, the elevation of the destroyed palace building can still be seen from the three arches of 3 to 4 m span with three wall niches, window sills and small windows. As with many dilapidated buildings, this complex also served as a quarry .

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