Fürstenberg Castle (Höingen)

Fürstenberg Castle (German: Burg Fürstenberg), also called the Electoral Cologne State Castle (kurkölnische Landesburg), is a ruined castle near the former site of the village Höingen, in the municipality of Ense, Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Built on a high point above the Ruhr as a castle for the Archbishop of Cologne, who was among the prince electors of the Holy Roman Empire, the site was called the Prince's Hill (Fürstenberg), lending its name to the House of Fürstenberg (Westphalia) that started with the Imperial Knight Hermann, the Lehnsmann who held the castle for the prince when it was first built, c.1295.

Fürstenberg Castle
Burg Fürstenberg, kurkölnische Landesburg
Ense-Höingen
Fürstenberg Castle
Fürstenberg Castle
Coordinates51°28′21″N 7°56′31″E
Typehill castle
CodeDE-NW
Site information
Conditionruin
Site history
Builtbefore 1295
Garrison information
OccupantsCastellans
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