Sayn Castle | |
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Burg Sayn, Alte Burg, Burg Stein, Eselsburg | |
Bendorf | |
Coordinates | 50°26′20″N 7°34′45″E / 50.4389944°N 7.5793000°E |
Type | hill castle, spur castle |
Code | DE-RP |
Height | 110 m above sea level (NN) |
Site information | |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | from 1152, first recorded around 1400 |
Materials | Quader, Bruchstein |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | counts |
The ruins of Sayn Castle (German: Burg Sayn), the 12th century family castle of the counts of Sayn and Sayn-Wittgenstein, are in Sayn, part of the borough of Bendorf on the Rhine, between Koblenz and Neuwied in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.