Castles
GermanyRhineland-PalatinateAhrweilerAltenahrView over Altenahr and the Ahr Valley from Are Castle
Castles
GermanyRhineland-PalatinateAhrweilerAltenahrView over Altenahr and the Ahr Valley from Are Castle
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View over Altenahr and the Ahr Valley from Are Castle
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Location: Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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The castle stands on the craggy peak of a mountain with steep eastern and southern slopes. The ancestral seat of the Counts of Are, it was built by Theodoric of Are in the first half of the 12th century. It came under the Electorate of Cologne in the 13th century and underwent numerous expansions in the 14th and 15th centuries.
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Elevation 200 m
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Location: Altenahr, Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany