Nollig Castle

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Ruin Nollig

The ruin Nollig (also Nollich, Nollig, Noll view, Nollingen and Nollen period) is the ruins of a hilltop castle on a mountain ridge, the " Nollig " or " watch mountain" at 176 m above sea level. NN, northwest of the town of Lorch in the Middle Rhine in the Rheingau -Taunus-Kreis in Hesse.

It is in the rectangular building probably less about the ruins of a castle, but rather a watchtower, which was also inhabited in an emergency.

It was built around the beginning of the 14th century as a three-storey timber-framed building was but a short time later covered and reinforced with a massive wall. Towards the mountain, he was protected by a moat and flanked by two round towers lateral shield wall.

It is still controversial whether the tower was part of the local fortifications. The laterally continuing shield wall can be at least the conclusion that such an intention.

The building is privately owned and not open to visitors.

The area around the ruins around Nollig heard in Hesse certainly among the habitats with the highest biodiversity. Here, in particular, find animals and plants that are otherwise only known from southern Europe. Meanwhile, the former brownfield sites and areas of vineyards are protected. However, the entry of fertilizer and the complete abandonment of the use of the rich life threatened by bush encroachment. In historical photographs can be seen that the area knew virtually no forest until the Second World War.

Since 2002, the ruins Nollig is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Upper Middle Rhine Valley.

Widening comments on Nollig - Fuersteneck:

Appeared in 2007 in the Annals Nassauer, a comprehensive contribution to building features, chronological acquis, strategic importance to the historical and embedding. At the core set of the original wooden structure is discussed, refuted the thesis of an assignment to the city's fortifications and examines the identity with the documentary Castle Fuersteneck over Lorch. Postgraduate Studies, archive drawings and references complete the published as special edition of the Annals Nassauer # 118 brochure.