Wolfsburg Castle, Neustadt

Wolfsburg
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Ruins of Wolfsburg seen from the Zigeunerfelsen
Wolfsburg
Coordinates 49°21′36″N 8°06′29″E / 49.3599056°N 8.1081694°E / 49.3599056; 8.1081694Coordinates: 49°21′36″N 8°06′29″E / 49.3599056°N 8.1081694°E / 49.3599056; 8.1081694
Type hill castle
Code DE-RP
Height 270 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Condition Curtain walls
Site history
Built 1120 to 1300
Garrison information
Occupants Counts, clerics

The ruins of the Wolfsburg by the western approach to Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, lie on a rocky crag on the Wolfsberg hill about 130 metres over the left (northern) bank of the Speyerbach at a height of 270 metres above sea level (NN). From here the original thalweg may still be made out in the direction of Lambrecht, along which traces of Roman settlements were uncovered.

Literature

  • Alexander Thon, ed. (2005) (in German), „Wie Schwalben Nester an den Felsen geklebt...“ – Burgen in der Nordpfalz (1. ed.), Regensburg: Verlag Schnell und Steiner, pp. 162–165, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4 

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