View from Burgstall Tännesberg

Tännesberg castle ruinsThe Tännesberg family appears in the 12th century and is genealogically linked to the Paulsdorf family. The latter held Tännesberg in the 13th century and split into two lines, which sat on an upper and a lower castle. Between 1394 and 1397, the Paulsdorf family sold Tännesberg to the Counts Palatine Ruprecht I and Ruprecht II, who granted the town market rights in 1412. From 1444 to 1466, Tännesberg was owned by the Murach family. The castle, which was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War, was used as a quarry in 1817 and completely demolished.The castle complex, which has largely only been preserved as an archaeological monument, does not allow any concrete statements to be made about its construction history. Historical images show two towers, including a towering keep. This could well date from the late 12th century. A moat protecting the east side appears to have had three semicircular shell towers - which would date it to the 15th/16th century.
The sparse but nevertheless impressive traces of the once imposing castle complex lie on a long, sparsely wooded ridge (692 m above sea level) that runs north-south. Three areas separated from each other by ditches can be distinguished: a rough rocky area in the north, a longitudinally rectangular, raised core area of 60 x 40 m and a circular elevation with a summit diameter of around 20 m in the north, in front of which there are two further neck ditches to the south. The core area probably housed the residential and commercial buildings and had a narrow moat with three semicircular flanking towers on its east side. A round depression in the courtyard center probably refers to the former castle well. The conical rocky hill in the south is puzzling, because the keep that was long suspected to be here actually stood in the southwest corner of the main castle. The second square tower visible in the historical views has now been located flush with the wall in the northeast corner. The palace apparently occupied the east side of the main castle and probably ended in a chapel with an eastern round apse to the north.Source: hdbg.eu/burgen/detail/burgruine-taennesberg/225

Nice view, with a bench to take a breather

a magnificent view when standing at the top of the cross. Lots of opportunities to relax and let your gaze wander.