Burghain Falkenstein

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View from Lips Temple to Burghain and Falkenstein Castle ruins . In the back left on the horizon the Melibokus in the Odenwald , in front of it the runway west .

The Burghain Falkenstein is a mountain in Königstein im Taunus in the Hochtaunuskreis . The Falkenstein castle ruins are located on the area classified as a nature reserve .

The nature reserve

Burghain Falkenstein, here: footpath to the castle

The nature reserve with a size of 36.24 hectares was placed under protection in 1966. In 1974 the area was placed under protection again. Of this, 32.1 ha are in the Falkenstein district and 4.2 ha in the Königstein district. The area encompasses the castle hill of Falkenstein Castle , which is completely enclosed by buildings , up to the building boundary.

Nürings Castle and Dettweiler Temple viewpoint

Dettweiler Temple viewpoint at sunset

In addition to the Falkenstein castle ruins, the ruins of Nürings Castle are also located in the nature reserve. Entering the nature reserve is permitted. It is accessed by hiking trails.

About 100 meters south of the Falkenstein castle ruins is the listed Dettweiler-Tempel lookout point . 1896 this was in honor of Peter Dettweiler by means of the Frankfurt Taunus clubs built and the Falkensteiner sanatorium on the so-called "Devil's Pulpit" or "Huchlay". From here the view extends over Wetterau and Vogelsberg in the northeast, Frankfurt and the surrounding towns, the Spessart in the east and the Odenwald in the south.

In the second half of the 19th century, a number of other resting and viewing temples were built next to the Dettweiler temple. So the Hilda temple and the Adolftempel as well as the "Dörches Häuschen". However, these structures no longer exist.

Web links

Commons : Burghain Falkenstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance on the "Burghain Falkenstein" nature reserve in the Obertaunus district of February 17, 1966 . In: The government president (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1966 No. 12 , p. 399 , point 267 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.1 MB ]).
  2. ^ Ordinance on the nature reserve "Burghain Falkenstein" in the districts of Falkenstein and Königstein, Hochtaunuskreis from December 4, 1974 . In: Higher nature conservation authority (ed.): State gazette for the state of Hesse. 1974 No. 50 , p. 2321 , point 1715 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 8.0 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Eva Rowedder: Hochtaunuskreis . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen (=  monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hessen ). Konrad Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2013, ISBN 978-3-8062-2905-9 , pp. 276 .
  4. ↑ Hermin Herr: Lexikon vom Hohe Taunus, 1993, ISBN 3-7829-0437-0 , p. 21
  5. ↑ Hermin Herr: Lexikon vom Hohe Taunus, 1993, ISBN 3-7829-0437-0 , keyword "Falkensteiner Hang", p. 30

Coordinates: 50 ° 11 ′ 25 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 36 ″  E