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CastleTheisbergstegen
Deinsberg Castle
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Deinsberg Castle is a vanished spur castle located in the municipality of Theisbergstegen in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The site of the former castle is at the end of a 50-meter long and 20-meter high rock spur, an offshoot of the Potzberg. The Potzberg is a 562-meter high forested mountain in the North Palatine Uplands.
Neither the builders nor the exact construction period are known. However, it is assumed that the complex was built as an imperial castle for the administration of the imperial office of Deinsberg (Deinsberg is the old name of the village Theisberg) as early as the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. In 1219, a ministerialis first named himself after Deinsberg. Around 1317, the imperial office of Deinsberg and, since the Lords of Deinsberg were referred to as vassals of the Counts of Veldenz until their extinction, probably also the castle, fell to the Counts of Veldenz. Nothing is known about the further fate of the castle and its destruction, which is presumed to have occurred in the 14th century.
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The spur castle consists of the core castle on the rock spur and an outer bailey. Possibly, wall remains found on the eastern hillside belong to the castle's outbuildings. Only stones scattered across the area remain of the core complex. The main building, probably a residential tower, was located on the northern summit. On the southern summit, the wall remains of a 6 by 6 m building were once visible, which, due to its location, is assumed to have originally been the keep. During an excursion on July 23, 2012, these were no longer present. More modern repairs to the inner walls suggest that the building later became part of a hut documented in 1909. In the cut between the summits, a depression is visible, which possibly served as a cistern.
A large number of stones from the complex are visible, distributed across the terrain. They were uncovered and measured during an excavation in 1951.
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