Hardenburg (Bad Dürkheim)

Hardenburg
Höhenburg
Bad Dürkheim-Hardenburg
Hardenburg
Site information
Typehill castle
CodeDE-RP
ConditionRuin, partially reconstructed
Location
Hardenburg
Höhenburg
Hardenburg
Höhenburg
Coordinates49°27′44″N 8°07′18″E / 49.462219°N 8.121697°E / 49.462219; 8.121697
Area180 × 90 m (590 × 300 ft)
Site history
Built1205/1214
Garrison information
OccupantsCounts

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. It was the residence of the Counts of Leiningen, who in 1725 moved to Schloss Dürkheim.