Burg Eltz (Eltz Castle)

Burg Eltz is a medieval hill castle in the Eifel hills above the Moselle between Koblenz and Trier. Sources indicate the castle has been owned by a branch of the House of Eltz and occupied by that family since the 12th century; it is also noted as one of the Eifel castles that has never been destroyed. In modern popular culture and travel writing the castle is occasionally listed among 'haunted' or 'most haunted' places, giving it a reputation in compilations of haunted sites. The supplied sources do not provide primary eyewitness testimony, dated historical accounts, investigator reports, or named spirits specifically tied to Burg Eltz. References to generic castle ghosts (for example, motifs such as knights or women in period dress) appear in broader castle-ghost lists and in a German hiking song (Burgenlied) that mentions 'Geister' and 'der Ritter im Stahl' in a general folkloric context; these sources do not document those motifs as specific, local legends of Burg Eltz. Genealogical material lists Burg Eltz as a place name, reflecting its presence in regional family histories rather than providing paranormal detail. Because the castle's haunted reputation in the supplied material rests on its inclusion in modern travel and popular lists rather than on primary reports, descriptions of paranormal activity must be treated as reputational rather than documented phenomena in these sources.