Lichtenberg Castle
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Attribution: By LoKiLeCh - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3551741
Lichtenberg Castle has a length of 425m and is the biggest castle ruin in Germany. The horseshoe tower has been the meeting place for the University of Kaiserslautern since 1987, while the tower on the southeast corner houses a restaurant, the Knight's Hall, and a youth hostel.
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