Windeck Castle

Windeck Castle (German: ) stands on a small hill in Weinheim on the Bergstraße. It was built around 1100 to protect the inhabitants of the Lorsch monastery.

It was hugely damaged in 1674 by the troops of King Louis XIV of France. In 1960, the ruins were restored, the palace walls newly erected and the donjon safeguarded. It was acquired in 1978 by the city of Weinheim. In the 1980s, archaeological examinations and conservation works were carried out, and the ground plan was found, which gave an idea of the dimensions of the fortress. Today, the ruins of a fortress Windeck are classified as a historical monument.

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Windeck Castle ranks #3879 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #281 of the 349 mapped in Alemania. Fundado en 1110, más antiguo que el 88% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 303 atlas entries founded in the siglo XII. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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