Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth

Name: Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth
Address: DE

Castle in Düsseldorf, Germany

The ruin of the Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth is located in the Kaiserswerth district of Düsseldorf, Germany. This Kaiserpfalz dates back to a monastery founded by the monk Suitbert(us) around 700 AD. At that time, the Frankish House Emperor Pepin of Herstal and his wife Plectrude gave the Anglo-Saxon monk a Rhine island which was created by circling the old arm of the Rhine, on which there was already a "Frankish Fronhof" protected by an earth wall, moat and palisades. In the following period, it developed into a fortified customs stronghold. On December 23, 1982, the complex was entered in the ci

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Type:: Castle
Where:: Düsseldorf, Germany
Coordinates:: 51.30°N, 6.73°E

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