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Landgrave's Castle, Eschwege

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Landgrave's Castle, Eschwege

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    October 17, 2018

    Hiking

    In 1385 Landgrave Balthasar of Thuringia built a castle on this site, the walls of which you can still see in the castle today. 1433, the city was Hessian and …
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    August 25, 2019

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    The castle Eschwege stands on the northwestern edge of the old town of Eschwege, above the castle mill directly on the Werra, in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis in northern Hesse. The three-wing former renaissance-style Landgrafenschloss castle from the 16th and 17th centuries serves since 1821 as the seat of the district administration. In the castle tower, the so-called Dietemann Pavilion, there is an art clock with the Dietemann, the symbol of the city of Eschwege (Wikipedia).
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    June 27, 2023

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    The Dietemann, Eschwege's landmark, makes his rounds on the tower every hour and blows his horn. Once a year, on St. John's Day, he leaves the tower and takes part in the procession.
    Further information is available here:
    werratal-tourismus.de/de/freizeittipps/landgrafenschloss.php
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    Location: Eschwege, Werra-Meißner-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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