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Burg Eppstein

Germany

Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Hesse
Location
Eppstein
Coordinates
50.1404°, 8.39314°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Burg Eppstein in Germany
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Description

Burg Eppstein is the ruin of a hill castle going back to the 10th century, at 200 m above sea level (NN) above the Hessian town of Eppstein in the Main-Taunus-Kreis. Built on the rock spur of a ridge and separated from the ridge by a neck ditch, it is a typical spur castle. It was the main residence of the lords of Eppstein, who named themselves after their ancestral castle.

By the beginning of the 14th century a settlement had formed at the foot of the castle, which was granted town rights in 1318. From it grew the present-day town of Eppstein.

Machine-translated from “Burg Eppstein” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Burg Eppstein ranks #7,307 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #795 of the 927 mapped in Germany. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wiesbaden, 13 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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