Neuleiningen Castle

Neuleiningen Castle
Burg Neuleiningen
Neuleiningen
Northeast defensive tower (bergfried) of Neuleiningen Castle
Neuleiningen Castle is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Neuleiningen Castle
Neuleiningen Castle
Neuleiningen Castle is located in Germany
Neuleiningen Castle
Neuleiningen Castle
Coordinates49°32′34″N 8°08′23″E / 49.5428°N 8.1397°E / 49.5428; 8.1397
Typehill castle
CodeDE-RP
Height300 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditionruin
Site history
Builtaround 1240
Garrison information
Occupantscounts
Neuleiningen Castle, north side
Neuleiningen Castle looking south

Neuleiningen Castle is a ruin on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the municipality of Neuleiningen in the Bad Dürkheim district. It was built in 1238-41 by Count Frederick III of Leiningen. The French destroyed it in 1690 and it has lain in ruins since that time.