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Model of Tringenstein Castle

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Gießen District

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Lahn-Dill-Kreis

Siegbach

Model of Tringenstein Castle

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Location: Siegbach, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Model of Tringenstein Castle – Wilhelmsteine loop from Hartenrod

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2. Wilhelmsteine Shelter – Wilhelmsteine loop from Holzhausen

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3. Salzbödesattel – Wilhelmsteine loop from Hartenrod

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Sabine B.

December 28, 2016

In a document dated March 23, 1356, the new castle Burg Tringenstein is mentioned for the first time. It is probably identical to the "Murstein" castle, which is mentioned in a certificate of atonement in 1352. This new castle was built on the initiative of Countess Adelheid, widow of Count Otto II of Nassau-Dillenburg (House Nassau), in 1350/51 as a countermeasure to the new Hessian castle Neu-Dernbach on the Murstein mountain. The castle hill was owned by the noblemen of Bicken, line from Bicken to Marburg-Wolkersdorf. The village of Tringensten was created together with the castle.

Tringenstein Castle became the seat of the Nassau (court) office of Tringenstein, which was headed by a bailiff, the counterpart of the directly adjacent Hessian office of Blankenstein with its seat at Castle Blankenstein near Gladenbach. The castle also served as a hunting lodge in the Count's hunting grounds in the Schelder Forest. Towards the end of the 15th century, Tringenstein Castle, after being expanded by Count Johann IV., Was even temporarily the residence of Countess Elisabeth, among others. Even at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the Dillenburg counts resided here for a long time. When the Tringenstein Office was combined with the Ebersbach Office in 1725, the last Tringensteiner moved his seat to Ebersbach. The castle was then uninhabited except for the castle servant and had no further function. After the Nassau-Dillenburg line died out in 1739, nobody was interested in the castle anymore. In the years 1773 and 1774 everything from the castle “that was exposed to theft” was sold. The building stood empty and fell into disrepair. The bottom floor of the main house was laid down in 1839 due to the risk of collapse. After that, the castle was used as a quarry and gradually demolished.

Today only a few remains of the wall and a model replica of the castle can be seen on the castle hill.

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Andi

October 24, 2021

Here is a small replica of the original castle complex. A few meters below you can still marvel at parts of the old walls. Those who travel by bike have to climb a few stairs, but they can be pushed around. There is a covered shelter nearby and some benches on the site. The view from here is really great and worth seeing.

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Thomas 🚲🥾

July 9, 2024

Personally, I don't find the model of the original castle up on the mountain all that interesting. The few "real" old walls a little further down are more interesting. However, it's easy to miss them because the turnoff to them isn't very obvious. A little before the shelter you have to turn right and cross the wooden bridge, then you'll find the old wall remains.

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Location: Siegbach, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Lahntal, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

Model of Tringenstein Castle

1. Model of Tringenstein Castle – Wilhelmsteine loop from Hartenrod

2. Wilhelmsteine Shelter – Wilhelmsteine loop from Holzhausen

3. Salzbödesattel – Wilhelmsteine loop from Hartenrod

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