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Neu-Bolanden Castle Ruins

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Neu-Bolanden Castle Ruins

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Location: Bolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. Pfrimmtal Viaduct – Cycle Path at Gängelstock loop from Hohensülzen

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2. Pfrimmtal Viaduct – Cycle Path at Gängelstock loop from Bockenheim-Kindenheim

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3. Gerbach Ford and Bridge – Pfrimmtal Viaduct loop from Monsheim

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Radsport Volker Maus

January 4, 2021

Unfortunately, only the foundation walls of this castle can be seen. What should also be mentioned is the steep stairs to the castle. Not suitable for every visitor. I looked for a way to reach them with the mountain bike.

The castle was built in the 13th century by the Reichsministeriale von Bolanden and was first mentioned from 1258 to 1262. In the 14th century there were disputes over shares in the castle due to partitions. In the middle of the 14th century, Neu-Bolanden Kurpfalz became a fief. It later came into the possession of the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg and was expanded at the beginning of the 15th century. Neu-Bolanden Castle belonged to the Electoral Palatinate secondary school Pfalz-Simmern from 1475 to 1598 and then fell back to the Electoral Palatinate. It served three ducal widows of the Palatinate-Simmern family as a retirement home: from 1480 to 1486, Margarete, daughter of Arnold von Egmond, Duke of Geldern, and widow of Duke Friedrich I .; from 1515 to 1521 of Johanna, daughter of Count Johann III. of Saarbrücken and widow of Duke Johanns I .; from 1598 to 1621 of Anna Margaretha, daughter of the Count Palatine Georg Johanns I of Pfalz-Veldenz and widow of Duke Reichard. The author of medical works and later city physician of Frankfurt am Main, Arnold Weickard, worked as Anna Margaretha's personal physician at Neu-Bolanden Castle. During the Peasants' War in 1525 the castle was plundered and then burned down. During the reconstruction, the ruin was transformed into a homely castle and served as an administrative and widow's seat. After a Spanish occupation (1620–1625) in the Thirty Years' War, the castle was destroyed by the French in 1689 during the War of the Palatinate Succession and demolished around 1822, with the exception of what is still preserved today

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Location: Bolanden, Donnersbergkreis, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Neu-Bolanden Castle Ruins

1. Pfrimmtal Viaduct – Cycle Path at Gängelstock loop from Hohensülzen

2. Pfrimmtal Viaduct – Cycle Path at Gängelstock loop from Bockenheim-Kindenheim

3. Gerbach Ford and Bridge – Pfrimmtal Viaduct loop from Monsheim

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