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Landeck Castle
Landeck Castle (german: Burg Landeck) is a ruined hill castle southwest of Landau, near Klingenmünster in the county of Südliche Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the .... Gallery File:LandeckKlingenmünster.JPG Landeck-06-Bergfried-2019-gje.jpg File:150406-Landeck-07.jpg File:150406-Landeck-03.jpg File:Landeck Rekonstruktion.jpg Literature * * Alexander Thon, Hans Reither, Peter Pohlit: ''Burgruine Landeck''. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, . * Alexander Thon (Hrsg.): ''... wie eine gebannte, unnahbare Zauberburg. Burgen in der Südpfalz''. 2., verb. Aufl. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2005, S. 80–85, . * Alexander Thon, „Es ist keine Kunde auf uns gekommen, von welchem Beherrscher des teutschen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Castle
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German ''Höhenburg'' used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles are thus distinguished from lowland castles (''Niederungsburgen''). Hill castles may be further subdivided depending on their situation into the following: * Hilltop castle (''Gipfelburg''), that stands on the summit of a hill with steep drops on all sides. A special type is the rock castle or ''Felsenburg''. * Ridge castle (''Kammburg''), that is built on the crest of a ridge. * Hillside castle (''Hangburg''), that is built on the side of a hill and thus is dominated by rising ground on one side. * Spur castle (''Spornburg''), that is built on a hill spur surrounded by steep terrain on three sides and thus only needs to be defended on the one remaining side. When in the 10th and 11th centuries castles lost their pure fortress charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |