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Kaiserpfalz Bad Wimpfen

Germany

Location
Bad Wimpfen
Coordinates
49.2304°, 9.16314°
Links
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Kaiserpfalz Bad Wimpfen in Germany
Photo: peter schmelzle · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The former royal palace in Wimpfen is, at 215 metres in length, up to 88 metres in width and with originally three bergfrieds, the largest Hohenstaufen palace complex in Germany. It lies on a hill spur above the Neckar at a strategically advantageous spot. To the north, east and south the palace is still today enclosed by an almost continuous line of walls. Building work began under Frederick I Barbarossa (1152–1190) shortly after the middle of the 12th century. In 1190 or at the latest 1197 building stopped. Under Frederick II (1212–1250) a second building phase set in after 1217, which was possibly continued under Henry (VII).

Presumably in 1320/22 the palace was destroyed in large parts, and after the first third of the 14th century it was hardly used any more by the kingship. In the course of time it merged with the town adjoining to the west, in which the former palace area today forms the so-called Burgviertel.

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

In the rankings

Kaiserpfalz Bad Wimpfen ranks #6,800 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #719 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,155 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Heidelberg, 39 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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