Burg Nanstein

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Burg Nanstein is a castle in Landstuhl, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

It was built around the year 1162 after Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I demanded its construction as additional defense for the Palatinate.^[1]

In 1504, German knight Franz von Sickingen, inherited part of the castle after his father's death in the War of the Bavarian Succession, finally acquiring the entire castle in 1518. He immediately began extensive refortication to make the castle suitable for firearms.

Nanstein is well-known for an elaborate siege during the Knight's Revolt in 1523 which claimed the life of von Sickingen. The fall of Nanstein was a symbol for the decline of castles in the Palatinate.

In 1542, von Sickingen's sons recovered Nanstein as a fief and started reconstruction of the castle. Reinhard von Sickingen completed the reconstruction in 1595. In 1668, Elector Charles I Louis forced Lotharingian troops from the castle and razed the fortications.

In the 19th century the first conservation work was done on Nanstein, and this has continued to the present day. ^[2]

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[edit] External links

• "KeithLaney.net - Castle Nanstein". http://www.keithlaney.net/Legendary_Castles_of_the_Palatinate/Nanstein/castle_nanstein.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-20. 
• "www.Info-KL.de (English)". http://www.shopping-kl.de/Info-KL-Ordner/Staedte/Nanstein-US.html. Retrieved on 2008-06-20. 

Coordinates: 49°24′36″N 7°34′22″E / 49.4099°N 7.5728°E / 49.4099; 7.5728