FORMER LANDSKRON CASTLE

FORMER LANDSKRON CASTLE
FORMER LANDSKRON CASTLE

The former Landskron Castle rises between Gimmigen to the north-north-west, Heppingen to the west, Heimersheim to the south and Lohrsdorf to the east.

Landskron Castle, also known as Landskrone Ruins, is the ruins of a high medieval hilltop castle near the town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the district of Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany).
The hilltop castle is the ancestral seat of the Burgraves of Landskron and played an important role in the conflicts between the Hohenstaufen and Guelph dynasties.

Landskron Castle was built in 1206 to secure the Frankfurt-Aachen coronation route at the time. It was also used to protect the imperial territories of Sinzig, Remagen and Heimersheim.

In 1682, Phillip von Pfalz Neuburg had the castle destroyed in order to prevent enemy troops from seizing the uninhabited castle and thus turning it into a threat.

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Serie: Burgen & Schlösser

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