Spangenberg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate)

1. City

Description

Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf. Together with the neighbouring castle of Erfenstein, it is linked to the legend of the Leather Bridge.HistorySpangenberg Castle was probably built in the 11th century. In 1100 it came into the possession of the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer as a castle in fee.In 1431, Eberhard of Sickingen became the vassal of the castle and Henry of Remchingen after him, in 1439.The historic background to the legend of the Leather Bridge is that both castles were always owned by different lords - to begin with the Spangenberg belonged to the prince-bishops of Speyer and Erfenstein, as mentioned, to the Leiningens - who were in competition with one another. In 1470 when their owners had subsequently changed, both castles were destroyed - first Erfenstein and then the Spangenberg - by their opponents during the Weißenburg Feud between Elector Frederick I of the Palatinate and his cousin, Duke Louis I of Palatinate-Zweibrücken. Erfenstein has since lain in ruins.

Company Rating

4 FB users likes Spangenberg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate), set it to 39 position in Likes Rating for Bielefeld, Germany in City category

Summary

Spangenberg Castle (Rhineland-Palatinate) is Bielefeld based place and this enity listed in City category.