Lahneck Castle

Lahneck Castle (German: Burg Lahneck) is a medieval fortress located in the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Koblenz. The 13th-century castle stands on a steep rock salient above the confluence of the Lahn River with the Rhine, opposite Stolzenfels Castle, in the district of Oberlahnstein. Its symmetrical plan, an oblong rectangle, is typical of the later castles of the time of the Hohenstaufen. The pentagonal shape of the bergfried is rare for castle towers.

The castle became well known in Britain by the death of Idilia Dubb in June 1851. While on holiday with her family, the 17-year-old girl mounted the abandoned castle's high tower, when suddenly the wooden stairs collapsed behind her. Nobody heard her crying and calling from the tower, because it was surrounded by an insurmountable wall, 3 meters high. The last entry in her diary: “All I know is that there is no hope for me. My death is certain [...] 'Father in heaven, have mercy on my soul'.” She was only found years later in 1860, her diary hidden in the walls some weeks later.

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Lahneck Castleは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,925位（全3,734件中）、ドイツの256件では133位にランクされています。1226年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の77%より古い城です（13世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の397件のひとつ）。ドイツが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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