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Ortenburg Castle, Bautzen

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Ortenburg Castle, Bautzen

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Ortenburg Castle, Bautzen

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Location: Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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1. Bautzen city wall and towers – Bautzen Town Hall loop from Bautzen - Budyšin

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2. Bautzen Town Hall – Old Waterworks Bautzen loop from Seidau - Židow

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3. View of Bautzen Old Town – Bautzen city wall and towers loop from Seidau - Židow

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Franka 🍀🌻

April 13, 2021

The Ortenburg is located in the old town of Bautzen on a rocky plateau above the Spree.

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Peter W. Janakiew

February 14, 2021

The early construction history of the original Ortenburg remains in the dark, its construction is assumed in the 10th century, where it is the starting point for the development of the city.

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Uwe Drescher

June 25, 2021

The rocky spur surrounded on three sides by the Spree, on which the Ortenburg is located, was already inhabited in the Bronze Age because of this location. The first wall was raised during the Iron Age. After the conquest of the Slavic territory of the Milzener by King Heinrich I, a state castle for the new district was founded in the curve of the Spree. Under Heinrich I the construction of a ring wall was started, the construction of which was completed under his son Otto I. In addition to the ring wall, Otto I also had the Ortenburg Castle built on the steep right bank of the Spree.
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Location: Upper Lusatia, Saxony, Germany

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1. Bautzen city wall and towers – Bautzen Town Hall loop from Bautzen - Budyšin

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