Neuleiningen Castle

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Neuleiningen Castle

Neuleiningen Castle is a castle ruin on the eastern outskirts of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the municipality of Neuleiningen in the Bad Dürkheim district. It was built from 1238-41 by Count Friedrich III of Leiningen. The French destroyed it in 1690 and it has been in ruins since.

Gallery

  • Remains of the castle

  • Southeast Tower, nowadays a lookout point

  • View from tower to St. Nicholas's Church, the former castle chapel

  • Burg Neuleiningen, north side

  • Burg Neuleiningen, facing southeast

  • Burg Neuleiningen, looking south

  • eastern courtyard with tavern

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Coordinates: 49°32′35″N 8°08′24″E / 49.543°N 8.140°E / 49.543; 8.140


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