Hardenburg

The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim 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.

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Hardenburg ranks #3,289 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #246 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1205, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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