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Rhenish Hesse

Mainz-Bingen

Nierstein

View from Schwabsburg Tower over Roter Hang

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Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhenish Hesse

Mainz-Bingen

Nierstein

View from Schwabsburg Tower over Roter Hang

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Location: Nierstein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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3. Wartturm Nierstein – Schwabsburg Tower loop from Nierstein

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🇺🇦Uwe 🏃‍♂️1098🏍

May 1, 2025

Only one freestanding tower remains of the former Schwabsburg castle. This tower is made of massive, bossed ashlars and was once the keep of the complex. Located on a Roman military road leading to Mommenheim, it once served to protect and maintain the power of the Hohenstaufen dynasty in and around Nierstein and Oppenheim. It is unknown who built the castle, but a connection to the construction of Landskron Castle in Oppenheim is suspected, which suggests a date between 1125 and 1245. These buildings were destroyed by the Spanish in 1620 during the Thirty Years' War. Although no further remains of the complex exist, old sources mention a dining hall, a curtain wall, and various residential and commercial buildings.

Source: rheinhessen.de/a-burg-schwabsburg

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Kristian

April 8, 2024

Unfortunately the tower was closed.

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Location: Nierstein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

View from Schwabsburg Tower over Roter Hang

1. St. Catherine's Church Oppenheim – Wartturm Nierstein loop from Nierstein

2. Nierstein Market Square – Keep of Schwabsburg Castle loop from Nierstein

3. Wartturm Nierstein – Schwabsburg Tower loop from Nierstein

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