Grevenburg

Grevenburg was a castle in Traben-Trarbach in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany.

It was the residence of the Rear County of Sponheim and today is a ruin following its destruction by the French in 1734.

In 1680 it was conquered by Louis XIV of France and was extended, together with the fort of Mont Royal in the horshoe bend of the Mosel north of the town of Traben-Trarbach as a part of the fortifications.

During the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), in 1702 it was taken by the French under Tallard and in 1704 on the express orders of the commanding officer John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough it was overpowered by Friedrich of Hesse-Kassel.

In the War of the Polish Succession it was taken after three weeks' siege for the fourth and last time by the French who destroyed it in July 1734.