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Tilleda Imperial Palace Open-Air Museum

Tilleda Imperial Palace Open-Air Museum

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Tilleda Imperial Palace Open-Air Museum

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Location: Kelbra (Kyffhäuser), Mansfeld-Südharz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Hornungshöhe and shelter loop from Tilleda (Kyffhäuser)

23.5km

06:50

630m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. View of the Kyffhäuser Monument – Apple Orchard loop from Sittendorf

9.30km

02:55

280m

290m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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3. Kyffhausen Lower Castle – View of Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Sittendorf

16.5km

05:00

510m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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Klausi

September 7, 2020

This is a nice open-air museum

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Matthi 🧗🏻

May 30, 2021

A great place steeped in history. Built and designed with great attention to detail. Definitely worth seeing! 5 € entry is more than fair.

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Klausi

September 7, 2020

This is a nice open air museum

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Chris S_trandläufer

May 24, 2022

Open until 6 p.m

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Chris S_trandläufer

May 24, 2022

Is a royal palace

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Horst...

November 2, 2018

The visit of the Royal Palace Tilleda is worthwhile! Can be combined with a hike to Kyffhäuser.

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Marco Wandrowec

October 24, 2021

5 € entry. The facility is being restored and rebuilt with a lot of love.

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Johnny

November 20, 2016

Medieval royal palace below the Kyffhäuser

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Wanderkaiser Opilio Martinus I.

September 2, 2019

Well worth seeing, you get a lot of historical information from the royal and imperial period.

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JHelbigJ

April 25, 2022

The ascent here requires sure-footedness as the storms have reshaped some things. A very nice open-air museum, although the Google name "medieval garden" associates something else.

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Harzer Naturmädel !!🥾🎒🚵‍♂️🧭

April 29, 2023

As the only palace complex that has been completely excavated, Tilleda is considered internationally to be a prime example of an early to high medieval ruler's residence (8th-13th centuries).

In the open-air museum, the essential parts of this imposing complex were partially reconstructed at their original location.

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Puffin

October 30, 2023

The large open-air museum is the only completely excavated Palatinate in Germany.

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KaSi

April 10, 2024

An open-air museum that is worth visiting

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Maik Bamberg

July 23, 2020

I can only recommend the hike to Kyffhäuser, it goes through old deciduous forests and past beautiful orchards.

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Wanderfreundin KJ

September 24, 2023

In Tilleda there was one of the complexes that was temporarily used as a residence for emperors and kings in the early and high Middle Ages (8th - 13th centuries), which is known as the Palatinate. As the only completely excavated place of its kind to date, Tilleda is considered a prime example of such a ruler's residence beyond Germany's borders.
You should definitely check it out if you're in the area. 👍

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BAMA

April 24, 2023

Tilleda is the only palace of the emperors and kings of the East Franconian-German Empire that has been completely excavated. But only the foundations and traces of the buildings were found underground. Therefore, the most important buildings and facilities were reconstructed at the original location. Somehow the timeline is difficult to understand.
- 979 first documented mention as an imperial court
- May 974 stay of Otto II. Document date...etc.

From the 16th to the 20th century, the Palatinate was owned by the municipality of Tilleda - as a so-called "bull country" it was used by various farmers.
In 1870 the local researcher Karl Meyer discovered the location of the royal palace of Tilleda. 1935 to 1939 Start of the excavation of the main castle by the State Museum for Prehistory Halle. From 1959 to 1979 the general excavation of the Palatinate Tilleda by the Academy of Sciences of the GDR - Central Institute for Ancient History and Archeology begins. 🔝 I doubt whether there would still be money for this nowadays. In 1983 work began on the design of an open-air museum "Königspfalz Tilleda".

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Tilleda Imperial Palace Open-Air Museum

1. Hornungshöhe and shelter loop from Tilleda (Kyffhäuser)

2. View of the Kyffhäuser Monument – Apple Orchard loop from Sittendorf

3. Kyffhausen Lower Castle – View of Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Sittendorf

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