Berwartstein Castle

Berwartstein Castle (German: Burg Berwartstein) is a castle in the Wasgau, the southern part of the Palatinate Forest in the state Rhineland-Palatinate in southwestern Germany. It was one of the rock castles that were part of defences of the Palatinate during the Middle Ages. This castle is noted in the publication Works of Preservation of Monuments of Rheinland-Pfalz, which was assembled and edited for the Ministry of Education and Culture. This states that the three prime examples of rock castles in the region are Drachenfels, Altdahn and Berwartstein, castles where the stairs, passages and rooms are carved out of the rock to form part of the accommodation essential to the defence of the castle.

Although the Berwartstein appears more complete when compared to the ruins of neighbouring castles, it is only a restoration of the original rock castle. It is the only castle in the Palatinate that was rebuilt and re-inhabited after its demolition.

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Berwartstein Castle ranks #2,573 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #191 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1101, it is older than 86% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,255 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 28 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaiserslautern, 38 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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