Palas Stahleck Castle



the palas, between longhouse (left) , kitchen building (right)


the palas (residential building) 2 storeys high, built of crushed stone lined rhenish schwemmstein (a traditional artificial material made of dried pumice , lime, similar concrete), , stands @ eastern, rhine valley end of courtyard, on vaulted cellar ernst stahl dated time of conrad of hohenstaufen. has shingled hip roof 10 m high. adjoining on southwest side so-called kitchen building, fachwerk first floor, today residence of hostel managers.


on courtyard side, red sandstone tablet commemorates duke karl ludwig s rebuilding of castle. inscription reads:



carl lvdwig pfaltzgraf chvrfÜrst ernevert mich anno 1666 (carl ludwig, count palatine [and] elector, remade me in year 1666)

of numerous details stahl once envisaged incorporating in rebuilding of castle, windows , chandeliers of great hall exist today. 11 windows of hall, made of stained glass düsseldorf glass painter richard gassen, depict important events in history of castle , arms of people or institutions of rhine province in 1920s. framed versions in basalt can seen outside. room has oak plank floor , holds approximately 100 people.







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