Rappweiler Castle
| Rappweiler Castle | |
|---|---|
| Creation time : | 11th century |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth |
| Conservation status: | departed |
| Standing position : | Ministeriale |
| Place: | Weiskirchen - Rappweiler |
The castle Rappweiler is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth) at Rappweiler , in the municipality of Weiskirchen in Saarland district Merzig-Wadern in Germany .
The castle of the lower aristocratic Ministerial Knights of Rappweiler, which can no longer be precisely localized , was built in the 11th century, mentioned in 1329 and destroyed in 1350, with a blue coat of arms with a crowned, upright, silver lion and red bar (stripes).
literature
- Joachim Conrad, Stefan Flesch (ed.): Castles and palaces on the Saar. 2nd edition. Verlag Minerva, Saarbrücken 1988, ISBN 3-477-00078-1 .
- Robert Seyler: The castle of Rappweiler. In: Historical Association for the Saar Region (Hrsg.): Journal for the History of the Saar Region , Vol. 8 (1958), ISSN 0513-9058
Individual evidence
- ^ Entry on Rappweiler in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- ↑ Rappweiler-Zwalbach district at weiskirchen.de