Pfarrköpfchen Castle
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| Creation time : | around 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
| Place: | Stromberg | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 56 '54.5 " N , 7 ° 46' 40" E | |
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The Pfarrköpfchen Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the "Pfarrköpfchen" on the eastern edge of the Soonwald near Stromberg in the Hunsrück in the Bad Kreuznach district .
history
The Pfarrköpfchen Castle is probably the "old Stromburg". All documentary mentions from the 11th and 12th centuries refer to this complex. The castle was given up around 1200 and the new Stromburg was built as its successor. The castle was finally destroyed by limestone mining in the 19th century.
investment
After archaeological excavations and preserved foundation walls, it must have been a very extensive castle complex for this time. Remains of a Romanesque four-column double chapel have been found. The mosaic floor of the magnificent chapel is now in the "Stromberger Heimatmuseum".
literature
- Antje Pöschl: "Castrum nostrum Struomburc funditus destruxit"? The archaeological and architectural studies of the Stromberg castle on the Pfarrköpfchen in the Hunsrück . In: Horst Wolfgang Böhme , Otto Volk (Ed.): Castles as a historical source . Marburg 2003, ISBN 3-8185-0378-8 , pp. 25-40.
Web link
- Alte Stromburg - Official Homepage