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Landkreis Bad Kreuznach

Kauzenburg Castle Ruins

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Kauzenburg Castle Ruins

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Kauzenburg Castle Ruins

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    January 6, 2019

    The view of Bad Kreuznach and surroundings is beautiful. A restaurant (not cheap) makes a rest possible.

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      March 26, 2023

      The Kauzenburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle in Bad Kreuznach in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate.
      The Kauzenburg was the residence of the front county of Sponheim. The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1206, in which King Philip of Swabia forbade the construction of a castle. From 1206 to 1230 the first castle was built by Count Gottfried III. († 1218) and Johann I of Sponheim († 1266).
      In 1417 the castle was divided between the Counts of Sponheim and the Elector and Count Palatine Ludwig III. 1437 was followed by another division under the Heidelberg Count Palatine Ludwig IV, Friedrich III. von Veldenz and the Margrave of Baden. In 1444 Stefan von Pfalz-Simmern-Zweibrücken followed as heir to the Veldenz share. In the Palatinate War between 1450 and 1470, the Margrave lost his share. Elector Philip expanded the castle. In 1503 Baden became a co-owner again.
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      In 1620 the Spanish Marquis Spinola conquered Kreuznach and the castle, which he fortified until 1632. In 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, the Swedish king conquered the castle. In 1635 the imperial troops took over the town and castle. In 1639, the French under General Duc Henri II d'Orléans-Longueville (1595-1663) recaptured the castle and in 1641 the Imperials under Gil de Haes took over the fortress.
      After the Peace of Westphalia, the castle fell to Baden and the Palatinate. For the first time, the castle was referred to as "Veste Kauzenburg". The French under General Louis-François de Boufflers (1644-1711) conquered the castle in 1688, blew it up and burned down the building.

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        July 30, 2020

        Landhotel Kauzenburg in a quiet location with good reviews, I wasn't there myself

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          October 25, 2021

          The castle, first mentioned in 1206, was blown up by French troops in 1688 during the Palatinate War of Succession. In 1803 Andreas von Recum bought the ruins from the neighboring Bangert manor and used the vaults as a wine cellar. As a result of a change of ownership in 1969, the ruin was expanded into a castle hotel in 1970/71. The well-known Cologne architect Gottfried Böhm created the design (he had already pursued a similar concept for the Godesburg in 1959).
          There is currently no catering at the castle, it can only be rented for celebrations.

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            October 27, 2023

            Beautifully located hotel above the city, which was architecturally developed from the ruins of the castle.

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              June 20, 2024

              This castle is located above Bad Kreuznach. Restaurant with vaulted cellar available

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