Hachenfels
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| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 44 '55.8 " N , 7 ° 25' 35.2" E | |
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The Feste Hachenfels is a lost castle between Idar-Oberstein - Weierbach and Kirn in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Birkenfeld .
location
The festival was on the Hachenfels (= Hohenfels), high above the Nahe valley , on the federal road 41 in the Hunsrück . Opposite the former hilltop castle is the Naumburg castle ruins .
View from Hachenfels towards Idar-Oberstein-Weierbach
View from the Hachenfels into the Nahe valley
history
The builders were the Lords of Hachenfels, the former owner was Hugo von Hachenfels. The castle was first mentioned in 1075 in a document from the Archbishop of Trier , which confirmed that Hugo von Hachenfels had sold his property in the village of Olkenbach, which today belongs to Bausendorf , to the Simeon Foundation in Trier for 260 silver marks . In 1112 a Cuno de Hachenfels was mentioned as a witness in a document in the copy book of the Disibodenberg monastery .