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    Bridge from the 13th century Schadeck Castle from the 13th century The Bannmühle was built jointly by Runkel and Schadeck upstream before the town wall...
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    Schadeck Castle (German: Burg Schadeck) is a counter-castle which was built in opposition to the nearby Runkel Castle. It stands above the River Lahn in...
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    Lahn River, where he built the Schadeck Castle as Trutzburg and created the Westerberg line. Dietrich III von Runkel enlarged his Herrschaft in 1376...
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    has many dams with locks, allowing regular shipping from its mouth up to Runkel. Riverboats also operate on a small section north of the dam in Gießen....
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  • Hanau-Lichtenberg (6 July 1564 at Château de Lichtenberg – 24 March 1636 in Runkel) was the first child of Philipp V, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg from his first...
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    underlined the enmity by building the Schadeck Castle, first recorded in 1288, on the north bank of the Lahn opposite Runkel. Through his marriage to Agnes,...
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  • Mengerskirchen Burg Merenberg, Merenberg Burg Neu-Elkerhausen, Runkel Burg Runkel, Runkel Burg Schadeck, Runkel Burg Waldmannshausen, Elbtal Schloss Weilburg, Weilburg...
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  • Margaret Elisabeth of Leiningen-Westerburg (30 June 1604 in Schadeck, today part of Runkel – 13 August 1667 at Wiesenburg Castle), was a Countess of Leiningen...
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    Steinfurt Count of Limburg-Styrum: Styrum Count of Leiningen-Altleiningen: Schadeck & Westerburg Duke of Looz-Corswarem Count of Nesselrode: Rhade Count of...
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    into independent castles. Examples include the Hohenfels and Schadeck Castle at Runkel on the Lahn. The few surviving stone counter or siege castles...
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