Impressive moated castle in the middle of town. The special thing about it was that no one had even known about the existence of the castle. It was overgrown, behind construction fences, and it was generally gone from people's memories. That only changed in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Location: Schkölen, Saale-Holzland-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

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