The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the
Palatinate Forest
The Palatinate Forest (; ), sometimes also called the Palatine Forest, is a List of landscapes in Rhineland-Palatinate, low-mountain region in southwestern Germany, located in the Palatinate (region), Palatinate in the state of Rhineland-Palatina ...
near the
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
town of
Bad Dürkheim
Bad Dürkheim () is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim (district), Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and the site of the discovery of the element caesium, in 1860.
Geogra ...
is even as a ruin one of the mightiest castles of
Palatinate. It was the residence of the Counts of
Leiningen, who in 1725 moved to
Schloss Dürkheim
Schloss Dürkheim () is a former Baroque-style palace in Bad Dürkheim, a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It was the seat of the Counts and later Princes of Leiningen. Except for a few remnants, it has disappeared; today, the Kurhau ...
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References
External links
Kreisstadt Bad Dürkheim: ''Burg Hardenburg''Burgen in Rheinland-Pfalz: ''Burg Hardenburg''
Wolfgang Braun: ''Rekonstruktionszeichnung''
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Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate