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The Albrechtsburg is a Late Gothic castle erected from 1471 till about 1495. It is located in the town centre of Meissen in the German state of Saxony . It is situated on a hill above the river Elbe , adjacent to the Meissen Cathedral .
Coordinates: 50°57′58″N 10°18′23″E. The Wartburg ( German pronunciation: [ˈvaʁtbʊʁk]) is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages. It is situated on a precipice of 410 metres (1,350 ft) to the southwest of and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany.
- c. 1067
- Wartberg
- Germany
- Eisenach
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- Wartburg, Eisenach. This might be the most famous castle in Thuringia. It’s where you can find the devil’s stain and see the bible Martin Luther worked on.
- Dornburger Schlösser, Dornburg. If you’re visiting the three biggest cities in Thuringia, Erfurt, Jena and Weimar, it’s easy to stop by Dornburg. Here, you won’t find just one castle but three and with a magnificent view over the valley.
- Leuchtenburg, Seitenroda. A very unique castle is the Castle Leuchtenburg near town Kahla, in Seitenroda. Here, you can see a unique museum dedicated to local porcelain history and smash some porcelain down past the castle walls.
- Schloss Belvedere, Weimar. One of my personal favorites is Castle Belvedere a little outside of Weimar. It’s part of the massive park landscape and greenway leading all the way to Park Ilm in Weimar.
How the castle becomes a palace. Ernst and Albrecht von Wettin ruled Saxony and Thuringia together from 1464 to 1485. It was they who commissioned the master builder Arnold of Westphalia in 1471 to build the first German castle on the site of the castle. The castle was planned and built as a residence for both princes, but they never used it.
Famous minstrels such as Albrecht von Halberstadt, the renowned translator of Ovid, flocked to the castle to recite poems and other tales. Such scenes of life in the Thuringian court were brought to romanticized life in Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser. Schloss Wartburg also hosted several famous residents.
Oct 28, 2016 · 10/28/2016. One thousand years old and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Wartburg Castle in Thuringia is associated with many historical events. The most famous of these deals with an infamous...
The former residence castle is one of the most magnificent baroque castles in Thuringia. It is home to the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, the Thuringian State Museum and the Thuringian State Archives.
