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Wolfsburg Castle, Neustadt

Coordinates: 49°21′36″N 8°06′29″E / 49.3599056°N 8.1081694°E / 49.3599056; 8.1081694
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Wolfsburg
Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Ruins of Wolfsburg seen from the Zigeunerfelsen
Wolfsburg is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg is located in Germany
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg
Coordinates49°21′36″N 8°06′29″E / 49.3599056°N 8.1081694°E / 49.3599056; 8.1081694
TypeHill castle
CodeDE-RP
Height270 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
ConditionCurtain walls
Site history
Built1120 to 1300
Garrison information
OccupantsCounts, clerics

The ruins of the Wolfsburg by the western approach to Neustadt an der Weinstraße in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, lie on a rocky crag on the Wolfsberg hill about 130 metres over the left (northern) bank of the Speyerbach at a height of 270 metres above sea level (NN). From here the original thalweg may still be made out in the direction of Lambrecht, along which traces of Roman settlements were uncovered.

Literature

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  • Alexander Thon, ed. (2005), "Wie Schwalben Nester an den Felsen geklebt..." – Burgen in der Nordpfalz (in German) (1. ed.), Regensburg: Verlag Schnell und Steiner, pp. 162–165, ISBN 3-7954-1674-4

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