This former Benedictine monastery has a wild history of destruction and rebuilding. It was largely destroyed in the War of 1525, the Count of Rieneck built it as a residential castle again. The castle was taken over by the church after the death of the last Count and dismantled by hordes of pillage farmers during the secularization of Franconia in the 19th century.

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Nico

February 21, 2023

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Great view from the forecourt of the ruins into the Main valley... left into the valley... right onto the steel bridge

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Hobbywanderer Chris

December 12, 2019

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Schönrain am Main was founded around 1080 as a Benedictine monastery, partially destroyed in the German Peasants' War in 1525 and rebuilt as a residential palace by the Counts of …

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Elevation 230 m

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Location: Gemünden am Main, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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