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Nassau Castle
Nassau, Germany
Nassau Castle (aerial view)
Nassau Castle - Compound wall
Coordinates50°18′37″N 7°47′31″E / 50.31028°N 7.79194°E / 50.31028; 7.79194
TypeCastle
Height33 m
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionpartially restored ruins
Site history
Builtca. 1100
Built byDudo of Laurenburg

Nassau Castle, located in Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, was the original seat of the House of Nassau. The ruins of the castle are situated on a rock outcropping about 120 m (390 ft) above the Lahn River. The House of Nassau was an aristocratic dynasty among whose descendants are the present-day monarchy of the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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