<dl><dd><i><b>Designation:</b></i> Monument zone castle ruin Spangenberg<br></dd>
<dd><i><b>Location:</b></i> In Elmstein Valley south of Erfenstein (high above the Speyerbach, on the northern slope of the Schlossberg on an overhanging rock face).<br></dd>
<dd><i><b>Place:</b></i> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Lachen-Speyerdorf" title="Category:Lachen-Speyerdorf">Lachen-Speyerdorf</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Neustadt_an_der_Weinstra%C3%9Fe" class="mw-redirect" title="Neustadt an der Weinstraße">Neustadt an der Weinstraße</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rheinland-Pfalz" title="Rheinland-Pfalz">Rhineland-Palatinate</a><br></dd>
<dd><i><b>Construction time:</b></i> First mention 1317<br></dd>
<dd><i><b>Description:</b></i> Vassal castle of the Bishopric of Speyer, 1470 destroyed, new pawning 1480 and reconstruction.<br><dl><dd>Decline since the destruction in the 17th century, 1926/27 measures at the upper castle, since 1972/73 gradual expansion of the terraced complex.<br></dd>
<dd>Parts of the upper castle has been preserved, little remains of the middle castle and lower castle with older tower and younger gatehouse.<br></dd></dl></dd></dl>
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:F._Riedelio" title="User:F. Riedelio">Friedrich Haag</a>
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