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Ritterstein Neu-Falkenburg (Site of the former estate and castle)

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Palatinate Forest
Südwestpfalz
Wilgartswiesen

Ritterstein Neu-Falkenburg (Site of the former estate and castle)

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Ritterstein Neu-Falkenburg (Site of the former estate and castle)

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  • Location: Wilgartswiesen, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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    February 13, 2018

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    Directly at the junction Wilgartswiesen-Hauenstein stands this knight stone, maintained by the PWV and points to the way up to the ruin Falkenburg. Furthermore, here are boards with maps to view.
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    June 3, 2022

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    "In the War of the Palatinate Succession (1688-1697), the French destroyed many castles in the Palatinate, including the Falkenburg near Wilgartswiesen in 1689, which is now only a ruin. The former lords of the castle, the Counts of Leiningen, returned after the war and built a new castle at the foot of the destroyed Falkenburg, called Neu-Falkenburg (Eitelmann, p. 49). This property was also destroyed by the French in 1793 in the Coalition Wars (1792-1815), which emerged from the French Revolution . There are no leftovers left."
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    Location: Wilgartswiesen, Südwestpfalz, Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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