Laach Castle

Laach Castle , also called the Pfalzgrafen Castle , is a levelled Salian spur castle by the Laacher See opposite the Abbey of Maria Laach. The castle site lies on the territory of Kruft in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Laach was a motte and bailey castle which stood at a height 318 m above NHN} on a rock spur which, at that time, was a peninsula because the level of the lake was 15 metres higher. It stood above the eastern shore of the lake and was temporarily the seat of the Rhenish
counts Palatine. Count Palatine Henry of Laach from the House of Luxembourg-Gleiberg founded the monastery of Laach in 1093. Laach Castle was demolished in 1112 by the stepson and adoptive son of Count Palatine Siegfried of Ballenstedt at the instigation of the abbey, who wanted to be absolutely safe from interference by the lord of the castle, the Count Palatine. The demolition of the castle was not a great loss for Siegfried, as he had another castle, Rheineck, nearby.

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