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Elmstein Castle
Elmstein Castle (german: Burg Elmstein) is a castle ruin built in the High Middle Ages overlooking Elmstein in the Palatinate Forest in the Germany, German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built in the 12th century. Location The ruins are on a hill, high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley (''Speyerbachtal'') in the Palatinate Forest (''Pfälzerwald''). History In the 12th and 13th centuries, Elmstein was built as a Palatine castle in order to guard the route through the valley. The feoffees held the title of ''Schenk'', a German aristocratic title that originally meant cup bearer. The castle occupied by the Electorate of the Palatinate. Between 1220 and 1230, the lower Curtain wall (fortification), curtain wall was built. Emperor Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV of Bavaria ceded the castle to his cousin, the Count Palatine. From 1419 to 1437, the castle was occupied by Count John V of County of Sponheim, Sponheim. In 1466, the castle was enfeoffed by Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elmstein
Elmstein is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim (district), Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Elmstein lies in the Palatinate Forest. The municipality belongs to the Lambrecht (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Lambrecht, whose seat is in the Lambrecht, Rhineland-Palatinate, like-named town. Constituent communities Elmstein's ''Ortsteile'' are, besides the namesake one, Appenthal, Erlenbach, Harzofen, Helmbach, Iggelbach, Mückenwiese, Röderthal, Schafhof, Schwabenbach, Schwarzbach, Stilles Tal, Speyerbrunn and Wolfsgrube. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the northwest, these are Waldleiningen, Weidenthal, Esthal, an exclave of Kirrweiler, an exclave of Venningen, an exclave of Rhodt unter Rietburg, an exclave of Edesheim, an exclave of Landau in der Pfalz, Wilgartswiesen, Trippstadt an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
