Trifels Castle

E832364

hilltop fortress medieval castle tourist attraction

Trifels Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress in southwestern Germany, historically significant as an imperial stronghold and the site where King Richard the Lionheart was once imprisoned.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Trifels Castle canonical	2
Trifels mountain	1
Trifels rock	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9975199 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trifels Castle
Context triple: [Palatinate Forest, contains, Trifels Castle]

A. Rheinfels Castle
Rheinfels Castle is a large medieval fortress ruin overlooking the Rhine River in Sankt Goar, Germany, historically one of the most powerful castles in the region.
B. Ahaus Castle
Ahaus Castle is a historic moated castle in the town of Ahaus in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its baroque architecture and use as an educational and cultural center.
C. Marksburg Castle
Marksburg Castle is a well-preserved medieval hilltop fortress overlooking the Rhine River in Germany, renowned as one of the few castles in the region never destroyed.
D. Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle is a famous ruined Renaissance fortress overlooking the city of Heidelberg in Germany, renowned for its picturesque setting and historical significance.
E. Zweibrücken Castle
Zweibrücken Castle is a historic Baroque palace in the town of Zweibrücken, Germany, known as a former residence of the Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Trifels Castle
Target entity description: Trifels Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress in southwestern Germany, historically significant as an imperial stronghold and the site where King Richard the Lionheart was once imprisoned.

A. Rheinfels Castle
Rheinfels Castle is a large medieval fortress ruin overlooking the Rhine River in Sankt Goar, Germany, historically one of the most powerful castles in the region.
B. Ahaus Castle
Ahaus Castle is a historic moated castle in the town of Ahaus in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, known for its baroque architecture and use as an educational and cultural center.
C. Marksburg Castle
Marksburg Castle is a well-preserved medieval hilltop fortress overlooking the Rhine River in Germany, renowned as one of the few castles in the region never destroyed.
D. Heidelberg Castle
Heidelberg Castle is a famous ruined Renaissance fortress overlooking the city of Heidelberg in Germany, renowned for its picturesque setting and historical significance.
E. Zweibrücken Castle
Zweibrücken Castle is a historic Baroque palace in the town of Zweibrücken, Germany, known as a former residence of the Dukes of Palatinate-Zweibrücken.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hilltop fortress ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Romanesque ⓘ
associatedDynasty	Hohenstaufen dynasty ⓘ
builder	Salian dynasty ⓘ
builtInCentury	11th century ⓘ
category	Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ Hill castles in Germany ⓘ Imperial castles ⓘ
controlledBy	Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
elevation	about 500 meters above sea level ⓘ
firstMentioned	1081 ⓘ
function	state prison ⓘ storage place for imperial regalia ⓘ
hasExhibition	replicas of the Imperial Regalia ⓘ
hasFeature	gate tower ⓘ keep ⓘ ring walls ⓘ
hasViewOf	Annweiler am Trifels ⓘ Palatinate Forest ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural monument of Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
historicalRole	imperial castle of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ imperial stronghold ⓘ
imprisonedPerson	Richard I of England ⓘ linked to: King Richard the Lionheart Richard the Lionheart ⓘ linked to: King Richard the Lionheart
imprisonmentDateApprox	1193 ⓘ
knownFor	housing the Imperial Regalia of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ imprisonment of King Richard I of England ⓘ
locatedIn	Palatinate Forest ⓘ Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Southwestern Germany ⓘ linked to: southwestern Germany
locatedNear	Annweiler am Trifels ⓘ
locatedOn	Trifels mountain ⓘ linked to: Trifels Castle
material	red sandstone ⓘ
nearbyCastle	Anebos Castle ⓘ linked to: Anebos Castle ruins Scharfenberg Castle ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownedBy	State of Rhineland-Palatinate ⓘ linked to: Rhineland-Palatinate
reconstructionPeriod	20th century ⓘ
significance	one of the most important castles of the Salian and Hohenstaufen emperors ⓘ
status	partly reconstructed ⓘ
tourism	popular excursion destination ⓘ
usedFor	cultural events ⓘ historical reenactments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Palatinate Forest → contains → Trifels Castle ⓘ

Annweiler am Trifels → hasNearbyAttraction → Trifels Castle ⓘ

Annweiler am Trifels → hasNearbyMountain → Trifels rock ⓘ

linked to: Trifels Castle

Trifels Castle → locatedOn → Trifels mountain ⓘ