Wildenburg Castle (Eifel)

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Wildenburg Castle
Burg Wildenburg
Hellenthal
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The Wildenburg in 1997
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Wildenburg Castle
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Wildenburg Castle
Coordinates 50°27′43″N6°29′39″E / 50.461971°N 6.494089°E / 50.461971; 6.494089 Coordinates: 50°27′43″N6°29′39″E / 50.461971°N 6.494089°E / 50.461971; 6.494089
Type hill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-NW
Height526 m above  sea level (NHN)
Site information
Conditionpreserved
Site history
Built1202 to 1235
Garrison information
Occupantsnobles, counts, clerics
The Wildenburg around 1618 Wildenburg 1618.jpg
The Wildenburg around 1618
A Hansa Luftbild aerial photograph of the Wildenburg from 1932 Wildenburg 1932 0816 HansaLuftbild.jpg
A Hansa Luftbild aerial photograph of the Wildenburg from 1932
Wildenburg, 2016 aerial photograph Burg Wildenburg (Eifel) 003.JPG
Wildenburg, 2016 aerial photograph

The Wildenburg lies in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel Mountains in the national park district of Hellenthal in the German county of Euskirchen.

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The castle was built between 1202 and 1235 and is one of the few hill castles in the Eifel that has not been destroyed by war or demolition. It was the centre of gravity of a territorial lordship that extended in the west as far as the present border with Belgium and in the east reached the gates of Steinfeld Abbey. As in the Middle Ages the castle may only be accessed on a single road, today the Landesstraße 22, which runs from the valley of the Reifferscheider Bach via Steinfeld into the valley of the River Urft.

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