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Falkenstein/Harz, Germany

Old Falkenstein Castle

Falkenstein/Harz, Germany

Old Falkenstein Castle
Photo: Olaf Meister · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Old Falkenstein Castle, situated in the Harz Mountains near Falkenstein/Harz in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is the remains of a high medieval hill castle constructed in the 11th century and destroyed in 1115. The site, designated a Kulturdenkmal (cultural monument), preserves the traces of this early medieval fortification that once dominated the landscape of the Harz region.

Type
castle
Heritage
Kulturdenkmal
Place
Falkenstein/Harz, Germany

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