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Fürstenberg Castle (German: Burg Fürstenberg), also called the Electoral Cologne State Castle (kurkölnische Landesburg), is a ruined castle near the former site of the village Höingen, in the municipality of Ense, Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Fürstenberg was a county of the Holy Roman Empire in Swabia, present-day southern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.The county emerged when Count Egino IV of Urach inherited through marriage large parts of the Duchy of Zähringen upon the death of Duke Berthold V in 1218, and was originally called the county of Freiburg.
The current head of the Fürstenberg family, prince Henry moved into the palace in 2002. He started an extensive renovation of the palace, which was completed in 2007. Also he restructured his estates, which resulted in the sale of Hohenlupfen castle. In 2023, the princely family hosted a large event celebrating 300 years Donaueschingen.
Hermannus held a castle for his lord called Fürstenberg ("Prince's Hill") at Ense-Höingen in Soest; this castle would give the family its name. His son was Wilhelm von Vorstenberg, the Justiciar and Castellan of Werl .
Fürstenberg Castle (German: Burg Furstenberg) may refer to the following castles in Germany: Fürstenberg Castle (Rheindiebach) , Oberdiebach-Rheindiebach, Rhineland-Palatinate Fürstenberg Castle (Hüfingen) , Hüfingen-Fürstenberg, Baden-Württemberg
Egino's grandson, Count Henry, started naming himself after his residence at Fürstenberg Castle around 1250. The county was partitioned in 1284 between itself and the lower county of Villingen , and then again in 1408 between Fürstenberg-Fürstenberg and Fürstenberg-Wolfach .
The Burg Fürstenberg is a castle in the municipality of Oberdiebach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. When the castle was built, in 1219, this part of the small (2000 acres) Oberdiebach was the village of Rheindiebach.
Fürstenberg Castle (Rheindiebach), castle ruin near Oberdiebach-Rheindiebach in Landkreis Mainz-Bingen in Rheinland-Pfalz; Fürstenberg Castle (Hüfingen), Hüfingen-Fürstenberg, Baden-Württemberg; Fürstenberg Castle (Höingen), Ense, North Rhine-Westphalia