Drachenfels Castle (Wasgau)

Drachenfels Castle (Wasgau)
Keep of Drachenfels Castle

Drachenfels Castle[1] is a castle ruin near Busenberg in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

It is located on and inside a sandstone rock 368m in height. It is unknown when the castle was built, but the castellans, the lords of Drachenstein, are first documented in 1209.

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  1. ^ in English "Dragons Rock"

Coordinates: 49°07′19″N 7°49′41″E / 49.122°N 7.828°E / 49.122; 7.828



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