Sayn Castle

Sayn Castle
Burg Sayn, Alte Burg, Burg Stein, Eselsburg
Bendorf
Sayn and castle ruins
Site information
Typehill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-RP
Conditionruins
Location
Sayn Castle
Sayn Castle
Coordinates50°26′20″N 7°34′45″E / 50.4389944°N 7.5793000°E / 50.4389944; 7.5793000
Height110 m above sea level (NN)
Site history
Builtfrom 1152, first recorded around 1400
MaterialsQuader, Bruchstein
Garrison information
Occupantscounts

The ruins of Sayn Castle (German: Burg Sayn), the 12th century family castle of the counts of Sayn and Sayn-Wittgenstein, are in Sayn, part of the borough of Bendorf on the Rhine, between Koblenz and Neuwied in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.