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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach
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Schneppenbach

Schmidtburg Castle Ruins

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Schneppenbach

Schmidtburg Castle Ruins

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Schmidtburg Castle Ruins

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    Location: Schneppenbach, Bad Kreuznach, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    1. Teufelsfels Log Cabin – Tower on the Teufelsfels loop from Hennweiler

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    2. Giant Swing by the Pond – Schmidtburg Castle Ruins loop from Hellertshausen

    39.6km

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    3. Kyrburg – Schmidtburg Castle Ruins loop from Kirnsulzbach

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    July 31, 2022

    Here is a beautiful forest path after the Schmidtburg, in the direction of Schneppenbach.

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      February 22, 2019

      Great ruin. Always worth a visit. Great for a picnic in the summer.

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        July 30, 2021

        Ingenious old castle ruins, with camping possibility for trekking tour 🏰

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          July 30, 2022

          A large rune that has been decaying since the 16th century.

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            September 22, 2020

            1 ruin worth seeing. Always worth a visit. Great for a picnic in summer

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              September 5, 2022

              Really big castle ruins here you can get lost

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                November 13, 2022

                The tour requires good basic mountain bike skills. Narrow forest paths and slippery ground (partly)
                Otherwise, good resting place at Teufelsfels

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                  September 2, 2020

                  But there is still a little way to go to Teufelsfels.

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                    June 4, 2021

                    Beautiful ruin, always worth a visit.
                    However, you can expect a lot of pedestrians

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                      June 5, 2023

                      Ruins of a hilltop castle from the year 926. One of the largest medieval castle complexes in the Hunsrück that should not be missed. There are possibilities to camp.

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                        April 6, 2024

                        Be sure to go and experience it yourself

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                          September 14, 2024

                          Very beautiful castle ruins worth a visit

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                            June 20, 2023

                            The Schmidtburg is the absolute highlight in the Hahnenbach Valley. It is best to leave the bikes at the bridge and explore the castle ruins on foot. There are three decent bio-compost toilets here and you can also get water. The water tap is located a little northwest of the trekking camp (behind the toilet further along the wall) and is built into the wall.

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                              October 16, 2023

                              The Schmidtburg is said to have been built in 926 by the three Franconian noblemen Franco, Hunpert and Norpolt to protect against Hungarian invasions; The first reliable documentary mention was only made in 1084 in connection with the new owner Emicho. His son, Emicho II, inherited the Schmidtburg and later gave himself the nickname Comes silvestris, wild count.

                              The castle is one of the ancestral castles of the Wildgraves. In 1258 and 1277 the property was divided and several lines were formed. Personal disputes between the counts of the Schmidtburg and Kyrburg lines led to the granting of Schmidtburg to the Elector and Archbishop Baldwin of Trier. After the Schmidtburg line died out, it moved into the castle as a settled fiefdom. Until 1342, the Wildgraves tried unsuccessfully to get the castle back under their control through various feuds. The Schmidtburg thus became the Electoral Trier state castle and the seat of an office.

                              In the 14th century there were a large number of knight families in the lower castle who lived in the castle as castle men. During the 15th and 16th centuries most of these dwellings were abandoned. Only the Schenk von Schmidtburg family remained in the lower castle and expanded the northwest corner into a largely independent complex.

                              While the lower castle fell increasingly into disrepair in the 16th century, the remaining fortifications were finally destroyed by the French during the War of the Palatinate Succession in 1688.

                              Only a residential building and a farm building remained for the bailiffs, who managed the Electorate of Trier from there until the end of the 18th century.

                              But Johannes Bückler, known as Schinderhannes, also used the castle ruins as accommodation while fleeing from Kirner and Mainz gendarmes.

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                                April 6, 2024

                                Super beautiful castle ruins worth a visit

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                                  September 14, 2024

                                  Below the castle there are some beautiful trails

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                                    Location: Schneppenbach, Bad Kreuznach, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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