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Wildenfels Castle Ruins

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  • Location: Simmelsdorf, Nürnberger Land, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    February 13, 2022

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    Great castle ruins with sunny snack tables to take a break. Below the castle ruins there is another small cave.
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    November 26, 2020

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    The village of Wildenfels is located on a southern slope of the Alb plateau below the castle ruins at 516 m (state road) or 586 m (castle ruins) above sea level.

    Wildenfels Castle, daughter castle of Wildenstein in the Altmühltal, was built between 1317 and 1323. The builder of the castle, Dietrich III. von Wildenstein, is mentioned in 1313 and has been called Dietrich Wildensteiner von Wildenfels after his castle since 1323.

    The castle has been in ruins since 1553 (2nd Margrave War), and the seat of the nursing office was moved to Hiltpoltstein in 1610/14.
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    February 18, 2017

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    According to current knowledge, the castle Wildenfels, perhaps instead of a predecessor building, was built between 1290 and 1300 by the lords of Wildenstein, who had their eponymous headquarters at Dietfurt an der Altmühl. For the first time in 1323, Dietrich von Wildenstein called himself Wildenfels after the castle.
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    Location: Simmelsdorf, Nürnberger Land, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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