Falkenstein Castle (Tambach-Dietharz)
| Falkenstein Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | unknown | |
| Castle type : | Spornburg , Höhenburg | |
| Conservation status: | departed | |
| Standing position : | Lower nobility, | |
| Construction: | stone | |
| Place: | Tambach-Dietharz | |
| Geographical location | 50 ° 44 '46 " N , 10 ° 38' 35" E | |
| Height: | 680 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Postal of Falkenstein Castle is located in the district of the country town Tambach-Dietharz in the district of Gotha in Thuringia .
history
The lost castle is said to have been on the Falkenstein , today a climbing rock in front of the Schmalwasser inlet into the Schmalwasser dam . From the rock, which probably only had a watch tower , there was full view and possible control of the narrow water valley. The former castle, also known in legends as a robber baron castle , also incorrectly called Waldenfels am Falkenstein , is often confused with the former Waldenfels castle located north, towards the dam wall . The castle is not documented, but it is assigned to the Falkenstein family . Ludewig and his son Heinrich von Frankenstein, for example, are witnesses in the document from 1262 when Waldenfels Castle was sold to the Counts of Henneberg . There are several legends about the castle and its knights.
literature
- Ludwig Bechstein: The legends from the early days of Thuringia, from Ohrdruf and the Inselberge (vol. 1) / The saga treasure and the legends of the Thuringian region (vol. 2) , Hildburghausen 1836, p. 73 ff.
- Thomas Bienert: Medieval castles in Thuringia. 430 castles, castle ruins and fortifications, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000.
Web links
- Entry on Falkenstein, missing castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ↑ It is unclear whether they are identical to the Falkensteiner family from the Vogtland .
- ^ Johann Georg August Galletti: History and Description of the Duchy of Gotha, Volume 3, Gotha 1780, p. 266
- ↑ Ludwig Bechstein: The legends from the early days of Thuringia, from Ohrdruf and the Inselberge (vol. 1) / The saga treasure and the legends of the Thuringian region (vol. 2) , Hildburghausen 1836, p. 73 ff.