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Location: Hesse, Germany

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3. Landstein Church Ruins – Big Bend (Taunus) loop from Bad Homburg

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Germane 🚴‍♂️

February 9, 2020

Ockstadt/Frankenstein Castle + Defense Towers - Ockstadt/FB 🚴‍♂️

Defensive Towers + Ockstadt Castle / Frankenstein Castle
• Condition: preserved
• Built: 13th century (previous building) / 1490 (successor building)
• Ownership: Private
• Use: Residential

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• Exterior viewing: accessible at any time from public paths
• Interior viewing: generally not possible

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• Little is known about the history of the building.
• It is believed that the previous building was built in the 13th century by the Lords of Eppstein.
• In 1490, a new castle was built on the same site – for unknown reasons – presumably by the Lords of Cleen.
• A few centuries later, the castle came into the possession of the von Fran(c)kenstein family, who also owned the Frankenstein Castle of the same name in Darmstadt.
• During the Thirty Years' War, the castle was besieged but not destroyed. Subsequently, the complex gradually fell into disrepair due to its insignificance.
• After the sale of the Franckenstein estate, the Franckenstein family withdrew to their estates in Ockstadt and the Wetterau region.
• Today, the property is privately owned and used as a residential building. 🚴‍♂️

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Gimli

August 29, 2020

Nice old palace complex, but unfortunately not accessible.

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Castle Ockstadt/Frankenstein + defense towers -Ockstadt/FB 🚴‍♂️

1. Kransberg Castle – Cherry Village Ockstadt loop from Frankfurt-Berkersheim

2. Paved Farm Track – Kransberg Castle loop from Bad Nauheim

3. Landstein Church Ruins – Big Bend (Taunus) loop from Bad Homburg

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