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Effelder Castle

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Location: Frankenblick, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Schichtshöhn Weather Stone – View of Blessberg loop from Schichtshöhn

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2. Tanzlinde Eppendorf – View of Blessberg loop from Effelder (Thür)

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3. View of Veste Coburg – View of Rabenäußig loop from Effelder (Thür)

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 7, 2021

Effelder Castle was essentially built in the 16th century in Effelder in southern Thuringia (Frankenblick). The listed building has been used as the town hall since 2000.

A defense structure in an exposed spur location probably already existed in the late Middle Ages. It was probably the seat of the manor that the noble family von Schaumberg owned in Effelder in 1337 as a fiefdom of the Banz monastery. Around 1490 a residential tower was converted into a small castle, which Hans von Schaumberg had expanded between 1525 and 1533.

From 1665 the owners often changed. In 1743, Luise Dorothea von Sachsen-Meiningen became mistress of the estate on the basis of a legacy, which the Gotha ducal house sold to the Chamber of the Duchy of Sachsen-Meiningen in 1811. The estate was dissolved in 1837/38. The farmer Johann Georg Stammberger bought the castle and used it as an inn after major renovations. In 1933 the Neustadt brewery Werner bought the property and had the attic expanded. After the Second World War, the expropriation took place. The new owner was the municipality of Effelder, which in 1955/56 commissioned the renovation according to plans by Max Brückner in the style of national tradition into a cultural center with a restaurant. In the 1950s, the remains of the castle courtyard were converted into a park and in 1970 the moat was backfilled. Since a renovation between 1998 and 2000, which was caused by a roof fire in 1996, the castle has been used as a representative administrative building by the community.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Effelder

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Effelder Castle

1. Schichtshöhn Weather Stone – View of Blessberg loop from Schichtshöhn

2. Tanzlinde Eppendorf – View of Blessberg loop from Effelder (Thür)

3. View of Veste Coburg – View of Rabenäußig loop from Effelder (Thür)

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