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Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)

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    1. View of the Unstrut Valley – Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg) loop from Nißmitz

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    May 9, 2017

    Neuchâtel Castle is a very well preserved ring castle from the beginning of the 12th century. It is a two-part castle, consisting of the core and the older outer bailey.

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      March 29, 2021

      Everyone, but also every guest, is brought here by us and may first have a fantastic view of the valley and then the equally fantastic view of around 1000 years of history.

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        April 22, 2025

        The hilltop castle complex of Neuenburg Castle, located on the Romanesque Road, was once the largest castle of the Landgraves of Thuringia. Its construction, under the direction of Count Ludwig von Schauenburg of Ludowingen, known as Ludwig the Springer (1042 to 1123), began around 1090 with the first circular walls, which still stand today up to a height of eight meters in the inner castle. Over the next hundred years, the castle was reinforced and expanded in several stages. From around 1400, the castle underwent extensive rebuilding in the Gothic style, and large parts of the Romanesque structure were lost. After losing its military importance, the castle was converted into a hunting lodge for the Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels, for which purpose a zoo and pleasure garden were created in the forest to the east. Today, Neuenburg Castle is managed by the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation.

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          Location: Freyburg (Unstrut), Burgenlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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