Ramstein Castle (Kordel)

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Ramstein Castle (Kordel)

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[[File:Burg Ramstein Kylltal cropped.jpg|thumb|SE view of the castle ruins of Ramstein]]

The [[ruins]] of '''Ramstein Castle''' () stand on a 182-metre-high, [[Bunter sandstone]] rock on the edge of the [[Meulenwald]] forest in the lower [[Kyll]] valley near [[Kordel (Eifel)|Kordel]] in the GErman state of [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].

The [[hill castle]] was built in the early 14th century by the [[Archbishop of Trier]], [[Diether of Nassau]] as the successor to a [[fortified]] [[manor farm]]. From then on, it was a [[Lehnswesen|fief castle]] of the [[Electorate of Trier]] which was enfeoffed to Electoral subjects and [[cathedral dean]]s. During the [[War of the Palatine Succession]], the castle was occupied by French troops and blown up in 1689. It was not rebuilt. The successor to the former noble house of the castle is used today as a hotel-restaurant.

== History ==

In the early 10th century, Archbishop [[Radbod of Trier]] had a [[fortified house]] ()<ref name="backes45" /> built on a rock near Kordel on the site of an older predecessor building ()<ref name="backes45" /> and pledged it around 926<ref name="thon111" /> to his [[vassal]] Vollmar for life. This manor house of an agricultural estate was the predecessor of the present Ramstein Castle and is referred to in the records as ''Runnesstein'' or ''Castrum Ruynstein''. The present name of the site did not appear until around 1600.<ref name="ost10" />

Until the beginning of the 14th&nbsp century there is no further record of the [[castle]] complex, because it was not until this time that Diether of Nassau, [[Archbishop of Trier]] began work on a castle here, whose construction lasted from 1300 to 1307. The castle was was thus located on the [[Roman road]] from [[Trier]] to [[Andernach]] and not far from the old Roman road from Trier to [[Cologne]]. However, the castle had to be finished under Diether's successor, [[Baldwin of Luxemburg]]. The exact date of its completion not known, but it can be assumed that the building work was completed in 1317, because Baldwin sealed a deed at the castle that year. By 2 July 1310<ref name="kordel65" /> he had transferred the still unfinished building to his confidant and teacher, John of Bruch (''Johann de Bruaco'') as a fiefdom. John was a cathedral dean in Trier, and the feudal treaty provided that, from now on, the respective holder of this office should always be the feofee of Ramstein Castle. However, this provision was not complied with.

== Literature ==

* Matthias Kordel: ''Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen in der Eifel''. 1st edition. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen, 1999, ISBN 3-86134-482-3, pp.&nbsp;64–65.
* Christian Lager: ''Notizen zur Geschichte der Burg Ramstein.'' In: ''Trierische Chronik.'' No.&nbsp;9, 1907, pp.&nbsp;129–141.<!-- nicht eingesehen -->
* Michael Losse: ''Die Mosel. Burgen, Schlösser, Adelssitze und Befestigungen von Trier bis Koblenz.'' Michael Imhof, Petersberg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-240-6, pp.&nbsp;102–103.
* N. Mohr: ''Die Geschichte der Burg Ramstein. Teile I-X''. In: ''Ehranger Heimat''. Vol.&nbsp;3. 1937–1941.<!-- nicht eingesehen -->
* Sandra Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal''. Matergloriosa, Trier, 2006, ISBN 3-9811323-0-0.
* Hubert Thoma: ''Kleine Kordeler Chronik''. Heimatverein Kordel, Trier, 1956, pp.&nbsp;19&nbsp;ff.
* Alexander Thon, Stefan Ulrich: ''„Von den Schauern der Vorwelt umweht …" Burgen und Schlösser an der Mosel.'' 1st edition. Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg, 2007, ISBN 978-3-7954-1926-4, pp.&nbsp;110–115.

== External links ==


* [http://ift.tt/2E4Vs4e Website of Ramstein Castle Preservation Society]
* [http://ift.tt/2GTsUwC Artist's impression] by Wolfgang Braun

== References ==

<references>
<ref name="backes45">Magnus Backes: ''Burgen und Schlösser an Mosel und Saar. Ein Burgen- und Reiseführer von Koblenz bis Saarbrücken''. Stüder, Neuwied o.&nbsp;J., p.&nbsp;45.</ref>
<ref name="thon111">A. Thon, S. Ulrich: ''„Von den Schauern der Vorwelt umweht …" Burgen und Schlösser an der Mosel.'' 2007, p.&nbsp;111.</ref>
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<ref name="ost10">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, p.&nbsp;10.</ref>
<ref name="kordel65">M. Kordel: ''Die schönsten Schlösser und Burgen in der Eifel.'' 1999, p.&nbsp;65.</ref>
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<ref name="ost11-12">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;11–12.</ref>
<ref name="ost15">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;15.</ref>
<ref name="ost17">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;17.</ref>
<ref name="ost19">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;19.</ref>
<ref name="burgenreich">[http://ift.tt/2E6aczU Burg Ramstein auf burgenreich.de], Zugriff am 22.&nbsp;August 2012.</ref>
<ref name="ost24">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;24.</ref>
<ref name="ost32">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;32.</ref>
<ref name="ost34">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;34.</ref>
<ref name="ost43">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;43.</ref>
<ref name="ost35">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;35.</ref>
<ref name="ost44">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;44.</ref>
<ref name="ost46">S. Ost: ''Burg Ramstein im Kylltal.'' 2006, S.&nbsp;46.</ref>
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