The actual instigator of the Nürburg was Count Ulrich, who, is named in a document from 1169, although his father, Dietrich I of Are had already started the construction of a refuge castle on the mountain.
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Nürburg Castle and the famous Nürburgring racing track are located in the northwest of the area.
In 1482, the Burgmann at the Nürburg (castle) was Michael von Ringelbach, who in 1485 sold a meadow to Peter von Esch, the Schultheiß at Mayen.