Bertradaburg

Bertradaburg
Burg Mürlenbach
Mürlenbach
The Bertradaburg, 2015 aerial photograph
Site information
Typehill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-RP
ConditionTower house (double tower gate)
Location
Bertradaburg
Bertradaburg
Coordinates50°08′57.81″N 6°35′55.24″E / 50.1493917°N 6.5986778°E / 50.1493917; 6.5986778
Height348 m above sea level (NN)
Site history
BuiltEarly Middle Ages; first recorded in the 13th century

The Bertradaburg is a ruined hill castle on a rock spur, 348 m above sea level (NN), above the village of Mürlenbach in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It thus stands in the geographical centre of Merovingian Francia.