Tanstein Castle
| Tanstein Castle | |
|---|---|
Burg Tanstein | |
| Dahn | |
The castles of Dahn | |
| Site information | |
| Type | hill castle, on rock outcrop |
| Code | DE-RP |
| Condition | ruin |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 49°09′01″N 7°48′11″E / 49.1504°N 7.8030°E |
| Site history | |
| Built | between 1100 and 1127 |
Tanstein Castle (German: Burg Tanstein) is the ruin of a rock castle in the southern Palatine Forest, the German part of the Wasgau region. It lies just under a kilometre east of the small town of Dahn in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.