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Randeck Castle (Palatinate)
Randeck Castle (german: Burg Randeck or ''Randegg'') is a ruined hill castle on the ''Schlossberg'' () roughly west of the wine growing village of Mannweiler-Cölln on the River Alsenz in the county of Donnersbergkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was the family seat of the lords of Randeck. History The castle was probably built in the 12th century. It is first recorded in 1202 with a Henry of Randeck (''Henricus de Randeke''). He was probably a grandson of Ulrich of Wartenberg.Martin Dolch, Stefan Ulrich: Pfälzisches Burgenlexikon IV.1 O-Sp, Kaiserslautern, 2007, , pp. 198 - 206. He was succeeded in 1231 by his son Godfrey I of Randeck. The grandson of Godfrey in 1298, Dietrich of Randeck. Another grandson in 1311, George of Randeck. From here were also descended Eberhard of Randeck (d 1372), cathedral dean and Bishop-elect of Speyer. The castle was loaned in 1649 by Emperor Ferdinand III to the Teutonic knight, Hans Ludwig of Lewenstein. After the L ... [...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 charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
