Adelburg Castle (Ruin)

The castle ruin Adelburg, also called Adelnburg, is the remnant of a former high medieval noble castle in Haag, a district of Seubersdorf in the Upper Palatinate district of Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria.

The castle ruin Adelburg is located about 1.3 kilometers northeast of Eichenhofen, a northeastern district of Seubersdorf, on the wooded summit of the 610.7 m above sea level, island-like Kellerberg. To the northwest below lies Velburg-Hollerstetten, to the north the confluence of the small Frauenbach into the Schwarze Laber from the opposite side, and to the east Parsberg-Klapfenberg. The ruin can be reached from the federal highway 3, which runs east of the Kellerberg. The summit of the Kellerberg can only be reached by hiking trails from the surrounding villages. The ruin of the summit castle is freely accessible. Other castles and ruins nearby include the castle in Parsberg and Lupburg Castle, the castle ruin Velburg and the ruin Helfenberg.

Prehistory of the mountain Since 1957, finds of the Late Neolithic Chamer culture have repeatedly been made on the Kellerberg. This makes this hill settlement one of the northwesternmost find spots of this cultural group of the Stone Age, originating from the Old Bavarian region, dating roughly between 3,100 and 2,700 BC. Younger metal finds by prospectors are unpublished. The discovery of so-called gold mica ware raises the question of whether the larger lower plateau also served as a refuge during the Hungarian period.