Where is the Burg Starkenburg located?

It stands in Starkenburg, in the Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Can you visit the inside of the Burg Starkenburg?

Only open-air ruins remain, so there is no building interior to visit.

What is the history of the Burg Starkenburg?

It was the seat of the rear County of Sponheim until around 1350, later still used occasionally as a residence before falling into ruin.

Is there an entrance fee for the Burg Starkenburg?

No fee information is documented for this site.

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Starkenburg (Burgruine) stands in Starkenburg (Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich), in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Burg Starkenburg survives only as fragments of walls on a rocky spur above the village that bears its name, in Rhineland-Palatinate. It was for a long time the seat of the rear part of the County of Sponheim, before losing that role around 1350 when the Grevenburg took over. A count palatine was born there and died there around the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and his widow passed away at the same site some years later, showing the castle still served as a residence that late. The complex then decayed gradually into the ruin seen now.

What to know

The site is an open-air ruin with no covered building to visit.
No opening hours or admission fees are published, as is common for ruins of this kind.
Reaching the ruin involves a climb up the rocky spur, so sturdy footwear is advisable.
The monument is protected as a Kulturdenkmal in Germany.
No information is available regarding accessibility or parking on site.

Where this château is

Starkenburg · Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich · Rheinland-Pfalz

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Schlossstraße 1, 56843 Starkenburg

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Where is the Burg Starkenburg located?: It stands in Starkenburg, in the Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich, in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Can you visit the inside of the Burg Starkenburg?: Only open-air ruins remain, so there is no building interior to visit.
What is the history of the Burg Starkenburg?: It was the seat of the rear County of Sponheim until around 1350, later still used occasionally as a residence before falling into ruin.
Is there an entrance fee for the Burg Starkenburg?: No fee information is documented for this site.