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Schwabsburg Castle Tower

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    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    Intermediate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 30, 2020

    The Schwabsburg was probably founded around 1210 and was first mentioned in 1257 in a royal document by Richard von Cornwall as the base of the Hohenstaufen rule on the Rhine.

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      May 2, 2021

      The now free-standing tower of the Schwabsburg ruins was once the keep of a complete castle complex. Who built it is unknown. It is assumed that the Schwabsburg was built in connection with the construction of the new castle in Oppenheim after 1118, i.e. in the early Hohenstaufen era (1125-1245 / 50).

      The Schwabsburg was located on a Roman military road leading to Mommenheim and, in conjunction with Oppenheim Castle (later Landskrone Castle), served to protect the imperial property and to expand the power of the Hohenstaufen in and around Nierstein. While the keep with its humpback blocks has been preserved almost in its entirety, there are no remains of other buildings. There is only talk of a dining room and a fish pond in written sources. The curtain wall and the attached residential and commercial buildings, which formerly stood around the keep in the square, disappeared when the castle was sold for demolition in 1799. The kings transferred the management of the castle to a family that named themselves after the castle and was mentioned in 1246. The castle itself is first mentioned in 1257, when King Richard of Cornwall enfeoffed the Rhine Count Werner with Schwabsburg and Groß-Winternheim. The feudal relationship did not last long, because as early as 1274 and 1276, Philipp the Elder. from Hohenfels documents on the Schwabsburg.

      In the 30 Years War (1618-1648) the Schwabsburg was destroyed by the Spaniards in 1620. According to Brilmayer, the Schwabsburg only sank to rubble and ashes on May 31, 1689, at the same time as the Landskrone Castle in Oppenheim was occupied by the French. The Schwabsburg remained with the other places in the Electoral Palatinate until the end of the 18th century.

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        May 15, 2022

        Somewhat remote from the hustle and bustle in Nierstein, about 3 km inland from the Rhine, lies the district of Schwabsburg with the castle of the same name. The castle towers attractively above the village and offers beautiful views of the surrounding area. Not spectacular, but very pleasantly quiet and tranquil.

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

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