Hardenburg (Bad Dürkheim)

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Hardenburg
Höhenburg
Bad Dürkheim-Hardenburg

Hardenburg
Hardenburg
Höhenburg
Coordinates 49°27′44″N 8°07′18″E / 49.462219°N 8.121697°E / 49.462219; 8.121697Coordinates: 49°27′44″N 8°07′18″E / 49.462219°N 8.121697°E / 49.462219; 8.121697
Type hill castle
Code DE-RP
Area 180 × 90 m (590 × 300 ft)
Site information
Condition Ruin, partially reconstructed
Site history
Built 1205/1214
Garrison information
Occupants Counts

The Hardenburg on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest near the Rhineland-Palatinate town of Bad Dürkheim is even as a ruin one of the mightiest castles of Palatinate.

Literature

Burgen in der Nordpfalz (1. ed.), Regensburg: Verlag Schnell und Steiner, pp. 60–67, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4 
Burgen, Schlösser, Altertümer Rheinland-Pfalz, Heft 3, Regensburg: Verlag Schnell und Steiner, ISBN 3-7954-1516-0 

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