Sayn Castle

Sayn Castle
Burg Sayn, Alte Burg, Burg Stein, Eselsburg
Bendorf
Sayn and castle ruins
Sayn Castle is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Sayn Castle
Sayn Castle
Sayn Castle is located in Germany
Sayn Castle
Sayn Castle
Coordinates50°26′20″N 7°34′45″E / 50.4389944°N 7.5793000°E / 50.4389944; 7.5793000
Typehill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-RP
Height110 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditionruins
Site history
Builtfrom 1152, first recorded around 1400
MaterialsQuader, Bruchstein
Garrison information
Occupantscounts
Ruins of Sayn Castle around 1832, drawing by Tombleson
Ruins of Sayn Castle
Ruins of Sayn Castle

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.