:"Designation:" Monument zone castle ruin Erfenstein :"Location:" Erfenstein (southeast of the village on a rocky outcrop of the Wassersteiner mountain overlooking the valley of Elmstein). :"Place:" Esthal, District Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate :"Construction time:" Founded probably mid-13th century :"Description:" Castle of the Counts of Leiningen, two-piece hill castle in mountain spurs, 1470 destroyed. ::Remains of the circular wall and the donjon, bossage, the "Old Castle", donjon of the main castle, Sandstone-bossage |