The history of Wilenstein Castle - Rhineland-Palatinate - Castles of Germany

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Wilenstein Castle near Trippstadt in the Palatinate Forest dates back to the 12th century. It was built by order of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to secure the Staufian possessions.
In the video we tell its thrilling history.
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Wilenstein Castle is located above the Karlstal valley in the Palatinate Forest. It was probably built by order of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa around 1152 to secure the Staufer estates around Kaiserslautern.
In 1169 a Merbodo von Wartenberg probably resided at the castle. In a document from this time, he is referred to as Edler von Wilenstein. From 1247 the castle was a fief of the Counts of Leiningen. However, the Wartenbergs remained stewards. In 1300 this line of the Wartenberg family died out.
A dispute over the inheritance followed between Count Konrad and Count Gottfried. In the course of their feud, the castle was destroyed in 1334, but subsequently rebuilt.
Around 1347, the Knights of Flersheim and the widowed Countess of Falkenstein each received half of the castle as a fief. In the eastern part, the so-called upper castle, the Falkensteins resided and in the western part, called lower castle, the Flersheims.
Subsequently, there were repeated disputes between the neighbors, but with the castle peace of 1348 peace returned.
In 1481 there were again inheritance disputes, this time among the Leiningers. In the end, the castle reverted entirely to the Electoral Palatinate.
In 1633 and 1634 respectively, the castle was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War and was uninhabited from then on.
In 1719, Baron Ludwig Anton von Hacke acquired the ruin together with the surrounding forest district.
However, he lived at his castle residence in Trippstadt and had no interest in restoring the ruin.
In 1792 the ownership of the castle fell to France and from 1803 it belonged to Alsace until the Kingdom of Bavaria purchased it in 1865.
Part of the upper castle was restored at the beginning of the 1960s and is now a school hostel. Parts of the other remains and those of the adjacent lower castle are freely accessible.

[@alexmurray6515]

Gracias por esta interesante historia. Al nombrar a Alsacia me indica que este castillo está al oeste de Alemania. Gracias también por la gran variedad de subtítulos.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

De nada. Nos alegra que te haya gustado el vídeo. :)
Tienes razón, este castillo está en el oeste de Alemania, no muy lejos de la frontera francesa.
Los subtítulos son muy importantes para nosotros. Ahora hacemos subtítulos en 6 idiomas para cada vídeo. Los subtítulos en español están disponibles para todos los vídeos desde el 27.11.2018 (y para algunos anteriores, como el de Kyburt Castle). Con el tiempo, haremos subtítulos en español para todos nuestros vídeos más antiguos.

[@alexmurray6515]

@@HistoryTravelNature Muchas gracias, ya lo compartí en Twitter y Facebook y me suscribí.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Gracias por el apoyo y por suscribirse. :)

[@marald6076]

Interesante historia, muchas gracias. It's amazing, thank you very much.

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Y gracias por la segunda vez. :) Es bueno que haya gente que comparta nuestra pasión por la historia y la arqueología. :)

[@MarianaPz]

Beautiful arquitetura!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

We're glad you like it. :)

[@jurgenreber4524]

vielen Dank für das Video!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Gern geschehen. Freut uns, dass es dir gefallen hat. :)

[@Sherlokxp]

Vielen Dank!

[@HistoryTravelNature]

Gerne. Wir freuen uns, dass dir das Video gefallen hat. :)

[@crissykloth3721]

mir drängt sich die Frage auf: sind die zahlreichen Adelsfamilien, Linie oder Burgbesitzer eigentlich der Pestwelle erlegen? Ist es so, dass im 14. Jahrhundert die eh schon dünnen Reihen von Erbfolgern sich entweder im Kampf töten ließen, naja nicht so passiv aber unvorsichtig und wer das überlebte - Schlachten und blutige Auseinandersetzungen gab genug, oder? - konnte mit Pech von der Pest ins Himmelreich befördert werden. In England gab es zu jenen Zeiten ungefähr praktisch die erste Welle der Bauern & Frauenbewegung, die Menschen dort, die nicht von Pest betroffen waren mussten ja die Felder bestellen. Und so kam es zum Frauenüberschuss (doofes Wort). Gestern war doch Erntedankfest und ich häng gedanklich noch immer unter dem Erntedankkranz (energetischer Natur).... viele Grüße und ein schönes Gemäuer, irgendwie bescheiden und doch fordernd! Cirssy