Stahleck Castle is a hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley above Bacharach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Mainz-Bingen. It was probably built at the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century and was owned by the famous Wittelsbach dynasty of high nobility from the beginning of the 13th century until the beginning of the 19th century.
From 1925 until today it has been a youth hostel.
(August 2024)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Wasserburg Windischleuba (near Altenburg/East Thuringia) with the moat.
(August 2021)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Wasserburg Windischleuba (near Altenburg/East Thuringia) with the moat.
(August 2021)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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The moated castle Windischleuba (east Thuringia, near Altenburg) was used for various purposes; since 1977 it has been a youth hostel.
(August 2021),
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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A moated castle in Windischleuba near Altenburg (East Thuringia) was built around 925 to secure the crossing to the nearby Pleiße river and access to the town of Altenburg. It changed hands several times, stood empty for around 150 years, fell into disrepair and was only rebuilt according to the old forms by the von Münchhausens, a noble family until 1886.
(August 2021),
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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