Burg Bundenbach
Bundenbach Castle
Großbundenbach
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- Großbundenbach
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Burg Bundenbach stands in Großbundenbach (Landkreis Südwestpfalz), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.
Burg Bundenbach survives only as a ruin on a rocky spur outside the village of Großbundenbach. Built around 1200 by the counts of Saarwerden, it passed through several hands before being destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and finally dismantled in 1813. What remains today are stretches of the shield wall and the stump of a residential tower roughly ten metres high, standing at the centre of the upper castle.
What to know
- This is an open-air ruin with no known opening hours or admission fees.
- The visit means walking to an archaeological site with no reported visitor facilities.
- The spur-top location involves walking on uneven ground.
- The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.
Where this château is
Großbundenbach · Landkreis Südwestpfalz · Rheinland-Pfalz
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Address
Schlossstraße 18, 66501 Großbundenbach
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- Heritage status
- Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland
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Frequently asked
- Can Burg Bundenbach be visited freely?
- No opening hours or fees are documented, and the site is presented as a freely accessible ruin.
- What remains of Burg Bundenbach today?
- Sections of the shield wall and the stump of a roughly ten metre residential tower.
- Who built Burg Bundenbach?
- The counts of Saarwerden built it around 1200, and it later passed through several noble families.
- Why is Burg Bundenbach in ruins?
- It was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and then demolished in 1813.
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Sources
Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.
