Dagstuhl Castle
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Dagstuhl Castle is a ruined castle on the top of a hill near the town of Wadern
, kreis Merzig-Wadern
, in Saarland
, Germany
. It overlooks the newer Schloss Dagstuhl in the valley below, which is historic but has been converted for use as a conference centre
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The castle was founded by Knight Boemund of Saarbrücken
sometime before 1290, probably for Bohemond I von Warnesberg, Archbishop of Trier. The name derives from the German word for roof, "Dach", because of the roof-like shape of the hill on which the castle stands.
The castle ruins have been archaeologically explored and were improved for public access in 2004.
Wadern
Wadern is a municipality in the German federal state Saarland, which is situated in the southwest of Germany. It is part of the district Merzig-Wadern. Wadern consists of 14 districts with approximately 17,000 inhabitants. In terms of area, Wadern is the third largest municipality in Saarland after...
, kreis Merzig-Wadern
Merzig-Wadern
Merzig-Wadern is a Kreis in the northwest of the Saarland, Germany. Neighboring districts are Trier-Saarburg, Sankt Wendel, Saarlouis, and the French département Moselle, and Luxembourg.-History:...
, in Saarland
Saarland
Saarland is one of the sixteen states of Germany. The capital is Saarbrücken. It has an area of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 inhabitants. In both area and population, it is the smallest state in Germany other than the city-states...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It overlooks the newer Schloss Dagstuhl in the valley below, which is historic but has been converted for use as a conference centre
Dagstuhl
Dagstuhl is a computer science research center in Germany, located in and named after a district of the town of Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Saarland.-Location:...
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The castle was founded by Knight Boemund of Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....
sometime before 1290, probably for Bohemond I von Warnesberg, Archbishop of Trier. The name derives from the German word for roof, "Dach", because of the roof-like shape of the hill on which the castle stands.
The castle ruins have been archaeologically explored and were improved for public access in 2004.