The House of Leiningen is the name of an old German noble family whose lands lay principally in Alsace, Lorraine, Saarland, Rhineland, and the Palatinate. Various branches of this family developed over the centuries and ruled counties with Imperial immediacy.
Count Frederick II (d. 1237)
Altleiningen Castle
Hardenburg Castle
Dagsburg Castle
Altleiningen is a castle in the Palatinate Forest in Germany. It lies in the parish of Altleiningen in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Aerial view of the castle
Remains of the Hohenstaufen-era shield wall (in red)
Swimming pool in the old moat and the ruins of the palas