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Heilgersdorf Castle

Name: Heilgersdorf Castle
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Location: Seßlach, Landkreis Coburg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Rückertstein – Christenstein Rock Formation loop from Heilgersdorf

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2. Christenstein Rock Formation – Seßlach Old Town loop from Hattersdorf

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3. Rückertstein – Christenstein Rock Formation loop from Heilgersdorf

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Söhni 🏃

May 23, 2020

Heilgersdorf Castle was first mentioned in 1361 as the moated castle of the Lords of Lichtenstein. After the complete destruction in the Peasants 'War in 1525, the castle was rebuilt, but was destroyed again in 1618 in the Thirty Years' War. The current baroque palace complex was probably built between 1687 and 1704. It has been in municipal ownership since 1936 and is available for use by various associations, and living space is also rented out.

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Peter

December 28, 2020

The information on the construction of Heilgersdorf Castle varies considerably. You can read about it on the site of the town of Seßlach, built from 1717 by the Seßlach master mason Hans Georg Salb and the Heilgersdorf carpenter Hans Engelhardt, sculptures by Johann Christoph Hemmer.

At the castle itself there is a plaque on which the year 1704 is assumed to be the actual year of construction.

In Wikipedia you can read that the castle was commissioned from 1717 by Adam Heinrich Gottlob von Lichtenstein as a widow's seat for his mother Florina Margareta von Veltheim, the wife of Heinrich von Lichtenstein, who died in 1693.

Anyway, it still looks pretty good for over three hundred years.

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Location: Seßlach, Landkreis Coburg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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