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Burg Diedenshausen, Bad Berleburg

Burg Diedenshausen

Diedenshausen Castle

Bad Berleburg

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Bad Berleburg

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Burg Diedenshausen stands in Bad Berleburg (Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Diedenshausen was a small medieval hilltop fortification built on a rocky spur above the village of Diedenshausen, now part of Bad Berleburg. It is not a castle one can tour in the usual sense: the stronghold itself has vanished, and only wall remnants came to light during renovation work near the adjoining chapel and cemetery. Its interest lies mainly in the history of the site and the knightly family once settled there, rather than in any standing structure.

What to know

  • No standing structure of the fortification remains today, only wall fragments found near the chapel.
  • The site lies where the present-day village chapel of Diedenshausen stands, within the town of Bad Berleburg.
  • There are no opening hours, fees or organised access, as the site is not set up for visits.
  • The interest is mainly historical, tied to the knightly family of Diedenshausen first recorded in the twelfth century.

Where this château is

Bad Berleburg · Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein · Nordrhein-Westfalen

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Address

Zur Saale 3, 57319 Bad Berleburg

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Heritage status
Protection status unknown

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Burg Diedenshausen?
No, the fortification has vanished and there is no organised visitor site, only wall remains found near the village chapel.
Where was Burg Diedenshausen located?
It stood on a rocky spur above the village of Diedenshausen, where the present chapel now stands, within Bad Berleburg.
When was Burg Diedenshausen built?
It was built around 1150 and first documented in 1194.
Why did the fortification disappear?
The knightly family that held it died out around 1400, after which the village and the fortification were abandoned and never rebuilt.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein