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Breitenstein Castle
Germany, Germany
Breitenstein Castle is a 13th-century ruined rock fortress perched on a 220-meter crag in the northern Palatine Forest near Elmstein, Germany, in the Bad Dürkheim district of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Likely built around 1246 during unrest over Emperor Frederick II's excommunication, it was first documented in 1257 under a knight of Kropsberg serving the Counts of Leiningen, later associated with figures like Burkhard von Breitenstein.
Nearby, Counts of Sponheim constructed a siege castle (Lower Breitenstein) in 1291 during Habsburg conflicts, separated by a neck ditch, with the site changing hands amid medieval power struggles before falling into picturesque ruin.
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Burg Breitenstein, 67466 Elmstein, Germany
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