Nürburg Castle
| Nürburg | |
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| Noureberg, Mons Nore | |
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The Nürburg
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 Nürburg
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| Coordinates | 50°20′47.25″N 06°57′14.66″E / 50.3464583°N 6.9540722°ECoordinates: 50°20′47.25″N 06°57′14.66″E / 50.3464583°N 6.9540722°E |
| Type | hill castle, summit location |
| Code | DE-RP |
| Height | 678 m above sea level (NN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | ruin |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1166 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | ministeriales |
The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It stands within the famous North Loop, or Nordschleife, of the Nürburgring racing course at a height of 678 metres on a volcanic basalt cone. It may be visited for a fee.
The site was first mentioned in the records in 1166 as Noureberg or Mons Nore, but it is probable that it was already used as a signal station in Roman times to protect the important Roman road that ran through the Eifel.
The actual instigator of the Nürburg was Count Ulrich, who, is named in a document from 1169, although his father, Dietrich I of Are had already started the construction of a refuge castle on the mountain. Ulrich's descendants called themselves the lords of Nürburg and Are and were vassals (Lehnsmänner) of the bishops of Cologne and the Hohenstaufen emperor.
In 1290, ownership of the castle was transferred to the Electorate of Cologne, because there were no more descendants of the lords of Nürburg. The archbishopric appointed a bailiff (Amtmann), who from then on was to represent their interests.
The construction of the castle was carried out in three stages. After the construction of the rectangular inner ward or kernburg, the zwinger walls were built between 1340 and 1369 under the bailiff, Johann von Schleiden, as a second defensive ring. In the 15th century a third wall was erected to protect the hitherto freely-accessible castellan's buildings that have not survived.
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