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Weidelsburg

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1225
Location
Wolfhagen
Coordinates
51.2729°, 9.14432°
Links
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Weidelsburg in Germany
Photo: Dirk Schmidt (Celsius auf Wikivoyage) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Weidelsburg is the ruin of a hill castle near Ippinghausen in the district of Kassel and is regarded as the largest castle ruin in northern Hesse.

There are documentary mentions from the years between 1111 and 1121 that refer to a castle castrum alstat, by which the Weidelsburg is probably meant. From the end of the 16th century the castle was uninhabited and decayed. High remains of walls, palas and towers, gate arches and large parts of the zwinger survive. The ruin can be seen from far away and thus forms a landmark of the Wolfhager Land, which includes a part of the Waldecker Wald.

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

In the rankings

Weidelsburg ranks #7,397 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #806 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1225, it is older than 73% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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