CastleNeustadt an der Weinstraße

Spangenberg Castle

The Castle can be visited

The Spangenberg castle ruin, a partially reconstructed rock castle, stands at approximately 241 meters above sea level in the Palatinate Forest. It is located in the municipality of Neustadt an der Weinstraße in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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The construction of Spangenberg Castle is presumed to have taken place in the 11th century. In 1100, it was granted to the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer as a feudal castle through a bishop's donation. In 1317, Knight Diether von Zoller was appointed as castellan, followed by Eberhard von Sickingen in 1431 and Heinrich von Remchingen in 1439. A rivalry existed with the neighboring Erfenstein Castle, as both castles belonged to different lords. In 1470, both complexes were mutually destroyed during the Weissenburg Feud, a conflict between Elector Friedrich I of the Palatinate and Duke Ludwig I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.

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Source: Wikipedia · Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Image: Dr. Gebhard Gaukler

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