Runkel Castle

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Hesse, Germany
Surnames/tags: Runkel Runkle Runkel_Hessen

Runkel Castle is located Germany along the Lahn River located in the city of Runkel in the Limburg-Weilburg district of Hesse, Germany near Frankfurt.^[1] It is close to straight north of Wiesbaden on the slightly northern arc between Koblenz and Frankfurt. It was probably built on order of the Holy Roman Emperor, possibly Frederick Barbarossa in the 12th century.

Research Notes

As of 24 Jul 2023, the castle was a museum.

Interpretations of the eponym Runkel include 1) The Celts named the castle "Runkall", meaning "rock mountain."^[2] 2) a Latin derivation of place of weeds^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://historiceuropeancastles.com/best-castles-near-frankfurt/
2. ↑ https://historiceuropeancastles.com/best-castles-near-frankfurt/
3. ↑ The Runkle Family: Being an account of the Runkels in Europe, and their descendants in America, by Fisher, Ben van Doren, New York: T.A. Wright, 1899. via https://archive.org/details/runklefamilybein00fish/page/n27/mode/2up

• https://www.runkel-lahn.de/bildung-kultur/geschichte/
• https://runkle.one-name.net/