The ruins of the Wolfsburg by the western approach to

Neustadt an der Weinstraße Neustadt an der Weinstraße (, formerly known as ; lb, Neustadt op der Wäistrooss ; pfl, Naischdadt) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. With 53,300 inhabitants , it is the largest town called ''Neustadt''. Geography Location T ...

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 ...

, lie on a rocky crag on the Wolfsberg hill about 130 metres over the left (northern) bank of the

Speyerbach The Speyerbach is a left tributary of the Rhine in the Palatinate part of Rhineland-Palatinate. In Speyer, the river split into ''Gießhübelbach'' and ''Woogbach''. The Woogbach changes its name to ''Nonnenbach'', then flows into Gießhübe ...

at a height of 270 metres above sea level (NN). From here the original thalweg may still be made out in the direction of Lambrecht, along which traces of Roman settlements were uncovered.

Literature

* {{citation, editor-surname1=Alexander Thon, title=„Wie Schwalben Nester an den Felsen geklebt...“ – Burgen in der Nordpfalz , edition=1., publisher=Verlag Schnell und Steiner, publication-place=Regensburg, pages=162–165, isbn=3-7954-1674-4, date= 2005, language=German

References

Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate Neustadt an der Weinstraße Electoral Palatinate