Meistersel Castle

Meistersel Castle is a ruined castle near Ramberg on the outskirts of the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on a 492-metre-high hilltop that towers above the Modenbach valley near the Three Beeches pass (Drei Buchen) on the road from Ramberg to Edenkoben.

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Meistersel Castle
Burg Meistersel, Burg Modeneck, Modenbacher Schloss
Ramberg
Wall remains of the palas in the upper ward
Site information
Type	hill castle, rock castle
Code	DE-RP
Condition	curtain walls
Location
Meistersel Castle Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate Meistersel Castle Show map of Germany
Coordinates	49°16′32″N 8°01′30″E / 49.27556°N 08.02500°E / 49.27556; 08.02500
Height	492 m above sea level (NN)
Site history
Built	1000 to 1100 A.D.
Garrison information
Occupants	clerics, nobility
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Meistersel Castle is one of the oldest castles in the Palatinate. Its name is derived from the words Meister ("master") and Saal ("hall") and hence the term Meister des Saales or master of the hall/chamberlain. It is likely that it was a seat for ministeriales of the imperial castle of Trifels. Its other name, Modeneck, comes from the name of the nearby stream.

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