#runkel

[vintagegermany]

Runkel, Germany 1860s

[rollkoffertourist]

Burg Runkel

[armthearmour]

A m1796 Heavy Cavalry Officer’s full dress Sword (arguably a Spadroon,) attributed to Runkel of Solingen, British, ca. after 1796, from Chiswick Auctions.

[btaut]

Runkel, Hessen, Juli 2019

[castlesandmanorhouses]

Burg Runkel (Runkel Castle), Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse, Germany.

www.castlesandmanorhouses.com

A ruined hill castle from the High Middle Ages. It consists of an upper or main castle and a lower castle.

The Upper Castle is in ruins since it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War but it is still walkable.

The Lower Castle, after the destruction of the Thirty Years War in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was rebuilt and expanded. It now consists of two– or three-story buildings, one of which, shaped like an U, connects with the Upper Castle to form an enclosed courtyard. Unlike the Upper Castle, the buildings of the Lower Castle are well preserved and, for most of the time, still used today.

[willkommen-in-germany]

Burg Runkel in Runkel an der Lahn in the Limburg-Weilburg district of Hessen, Central Germany. The town’s first documentary mention was in 1159 in a document in which nobleman Siegfried von Runkel had his name appear as a witness. It is believed that he was the one who built the castle. The town still has old bridges and inns and is worth a visit if you enjoy medieval architecture.

[vintagegermany]

Runkel, Germany 1900

[armthearmour]

A m1796 Light Cavalry Sabre named to a Colonel Henderson, attributed to Runkel of Solingen, British, ca. 1796-1821, from Chiswick Auctions.