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Fürstenberg Ruins

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Fürstenberg Ruins

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    August 31, 2021

    Hiking

    Wonderful castle ruins, we explored everything there😍
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    The construction of Fürstenberg Castle was initiated in 1219 by Archbishop Engelbert I of Cologne to protect the Electoral Cologne property around Bacharach and the Cologne customs. From 1243 it was owned by the Wittelsbach Counts Palatine as a fief. It served as an "Vorwerk" to the Palatine Castle Stahleck. In the middle of the 13th century, the castle is said to have been destroyed as a "robbery", but then rebuilt.
    Source: regionalgeschichte.net/mittelrhein/rheindiebach/kulturdenkmaeler/burg-fuerstenberg.html
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    April 19, 2025

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    The ruins rise amidst the vineyards. Fürstenberg Castle was probably built on the rocky outcrop as early as the 13th century.
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    Location: Oberdiebach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhenish Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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