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Wolfstein Castle or Schloss Wolfstein is a schloss and former castle in Freyung in Lower Bavaria. It gave its name to the county of Wolfstein which was dissolved in 1972. Location. The schloss lies northwest of the town centre of Freyung on a rocky crag surrounded on three sides by the Saußbach river. History.
Old Wolfstein Castle is a ruined hillside castle on the eastern slopes of the Königsberg at the narrowest point in the Lauter valley near Wolfstein. Old Wolfstein was probably built under Emperor Frederick Barbarossa around 1160/70 to guard and administer the Imperial Estate around Kaiserslautern.
Wonderful castle ruins! The castle was abandoned in the 16th century and many of the stones removed and used for buildings in the nearby town, but there is still a lot to see and you can even climb the tower for an amazing view.
Bavaria-Landshut ( German: Bayern-Landshut) was a duchy in the Holy Roman Empire from 1353 to 1503. History. The larger Duchy of Bavaria-Landshut between 1363 and 1392 (includes Munich and Ingolstadt but not Straubing) The creation of the duchy was the result of the death of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian.
- Neuschwanstein Castle. Dream castle above Füssen in the Allgäu. Global icon for Bavaria and Germany. Romantic setting against the backdrop of the Ammergebirge mountains.
- Linderhof Palace. As Crown Prince, Ludwig II used to stay in a forest lodge in the Ammergau Alps when hunting with his father, Maximilian II. A long period of building and renovation began in 1869 and resulted in the Linderhof Palace.
- Nymphenburg Palace. Founded as a summer residence for Bavaria’s rulers in 1662 and based on Italian designs. The palace assumed its current dimensions (wider than Versailles!)
- Herrenchiemsee New Palace. King Ludwig commissioned this palace in 1878 on the largest island on Lake Chiemsee. It is modelled on the Palace of Versailles.
Wolfstein is a hamlet in Landshut, Lower Bavaria. Wolfstein is situated nearby to Schaumburg and Aumühle. Mapcarta, the open map.
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Old Wolfstein Castle (German: Burg Alt-Wolfstein, also called the Altes Schloß), is a ruined hillside castle on the eastern slopes of the Königsberg at the narrowest point in the Lauter valley near Wolfstein in the county of Kusel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
