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Hohenfels Castle
Imsbach, Germany, Germany
Hohenfels Castle is a ruined medieval hill castle located at 545 meters elevation in the Beutelfels Nature Reserve north of Imsbach village in Germany's Donnersbergkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate.
First documented around 1200 and likely built by the Bolanden family for defensive purposes on a strategic site tied to Prüm Abbey's mining interests, it featured stone walls and fortifications controlled by noble lines like Bolanden-Hohenfels until the 13th century.
Accessible today via a steep footpath from the Weiße Grube visitor mine in Langental valley past the Iron Man monument, the atmospheric ruins reflect early German military architecture amid nearby Roman-era coin finds from 340 AD.
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67817 Imsbach, Germany
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