Are there medieval times upon us? 🤔️
#Altwied #castle #Burg

Watchtower of the former town fortifications of Altwied (Neuwied/ Rhineland-Palatinate) on the Wied.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Flüsse, #rivers, #Wied, #Stadtbefestigung, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

Seen in Altwied (village of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Holzarbeiten, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The walls of Wied Castle, the town fortifications of Altwied (village of Neuwied) and other buildings are often made of slate in this area.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Mauern, #walls, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The old bridge over the Wied near Altwied was destroyed by a flood in 1681, built in its present form in 1825, blown up by German pioneers in 1945 and rebuilt in its old form in 1949.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Brücken, #bridges, #Architektur, #architecture, #Gewässer, #Flüsse, #rivers, #Wied, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

Wied Castle above the village of Altwied (Neuwied municipality, Rhineland-Palatinate).
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

The ruins of Wied Castle, the ancestral castle of the Counts of Wied, tower above the village of Altwied (Neuwied municipality, Rhineland-Palatinate). The oldest part of the castle was the keep built around 1125 as a residential tower. At that time, the village below did not yet exist.
The main building materials were greywacke and slate.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Burgen, #castles, #Burgruinen, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

Near Altwied (a district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate), where the Laubach flows into the Wied, the Laubachmühle (watermill) utilised hydropower.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
Mühlen, #mills, Wasserm ühlen, #watermills, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz

A tower as a still preserved part of the fortification of Altwied (district of Neuwied) in Rhineland-Palatinate.
(January 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Stadtmauern, #town_fortifications, #Architektur, #architecture, #Altwied, #Neuwied, #Rheinland_Pfalz