Guttenberg Castle (Palatinate)

Guttenberg Castle
Burg Guttenberg
Oberotterbach
Coordinates49°04′39″N 7°55′16″E / 49.0776°N 7.9212°E / 49.0776; 7.9212
Typehill castle, rock castle
CodeDE-RP
Height503 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditionruins; remains of the bergfried and curtain walls
Site history
Builtca. 1150
Garrison information
Occupantsministeriales, counts

Guttenberg Castle (German: Burg Guttenberg, more rarely, Guttenburg) is a ruined rock castle near the French border in the German part of the Wasgau, which in turn is part of the Palatine Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.