Wildenburg Castle (Eifel)

Wildenburg Castle
Burg Wildenburg
Hellenthal

The Wildenburg in 1997
Wildenburg Castle
Burg Wildenburg
Coordinates 50°27′43″N 6°29′39″E / 50.461971°N 6.494089°E / 50.461971; 6.494089Coordinates: 50°27′43″N 6°29′39″E / 50.461971°N 6.494089°E / 50.461971; 6.494089
Type hill castle, spur castle
Code DE-NW
Height 526 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition preserved
Site history
Built 1202 to 1235
Garrison information
Occupants nobles, counts, clerics
The Wildenburg around 1618
A Hansa Luftbild aerial photograph of the Wildenburg from 1932
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.

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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