Trimburg Castle Ruins

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Type: Castle
Era: High Middle Ages
Origin: 1135
Art Movement: Romanesque art
City: 97725 - Elfershausen (Trimberg)
Geo coordinates: 50.1357, 9.982

The Trimburg was a hilltop castle in Lower Franconia. From the original castle that was built by Gozzwin of Trimberg in 1135, only a ruin is left.
Originally the castle was formed by three different sub-structures that came from different periods of time. The ruins preserved today are from the last time period.
The oldest part of the castle was named Leuchtenburg (engl. Lightning Castle) or Alte Burg (engl. Old Castle).
During the Peasant's War in 1525 the castle was captured and destroyed.
Also during the Thirty Years' War, the castle underwent a new destruction.
Afterwards the castle Trimburg was rebuilt from scratch with a new architectonical character of a palace.
Through the fact that the surrounding country was in neediness of stones, it was partly deconstructed and the building material was used for building new houses in the towns