Grenzau Castle is a ruined spur castle at 250 m above sea level near Höhr-Grenzhausen in the county of Westerwaldkreis in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the only castle in Germany with a triangular bergfried.
The castle was built by Henry I of Isenburg around 1210 as Burg Gransioie, Old Fr. for "great joy" , from which its name developed through Gran Joie , Gransoge , Grensoy , Grensawe , La Grange , Grensove, Grensauwe, Grentzawe and finally Grenzau. The castle is first recorded in a document dated 6 January 1213 that states the Isenburgs had flouted the rights of Laach Abbey. In 1324 the middle line of the lords of Isenburg-Grenzau lived at the castle.
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Address: Westerwaldkreis, Germany
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