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Location: Schalkau, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Domäne Schaumburg – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Almerswind

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2. Ida Monument – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Weißenbrunn vorm Wald

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3. Domäne Schaumburg – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Selsendorf

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Vanessa

September 13, 2021

Every year a Schaumburg Festival takes place here with a knight's camp at the foot of the Schaumburg.

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Tevion1505 (Andreas)

August 7, 2021

The further development of Schalkau is inextricably linked with the history of Schaumburg Castle, which can be traced back to 1147. The actual history of Schalkau begins with the documentary mention of the noble family of the Schaumbergs in 1216, at their current ancestral castle: the servants and servants of the castle were largely settled at the foot of the Schaumberg. At that time the horse and soldier's men were called Schalken, so that it can rightly be assumed that this gave the settlement its name, especially since the town of Schalken is still spoken of today in the land in front of the forest.

As was common in late feudalism and in the Middle Ages, the balance of power and ownership in the Schalkau region constantly changed: the Schaumbergs were ousted by the Hennebergers in the middle of the 14th century and retreated to Rauenstein. The husband of the Henberian princess Katharina, Margrave Friedrich III. von Meißen, who had received the care of Coburg as a marriage property, granted the town of Schalkau town and market rights on December 6, 1362.

The castle, which was expanded into a modern fortress under Wilwolt von Schaumberg at the beginning of the 16th century, survived economic crises and political and religious wars unscathed until disaster broke out in the Thirty Years' War. In the first days of July 1635, the castle on the Schaumberg went up in flames after a thorough plunder. Another raid five years later, but this time the rest of the castle and outer bailey sank to rubble and forever.

Only ruins are left of the once proud fortress, but regardless of this, the castle ruins are worth seeing and the largest soil monument in the Sonneberg district.

Source: ulrich-goepfert.de/index.php/de/archiv/68-ausflugsziel/364-die-burgruine-schaumburg

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HINTERINDIEN_DE

January 3, 2024

The absolute highlight of the HINTERINDIEN.DE tour no. 83

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Location: Schalkau, Landkreis Sonneberg, Thuringia, Germany

Schaumburg Castle Ruins

1. Domäne Schaumburg – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Almerswind

2. Ida Monument – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Weißenbrunn vorm Wald

3. Domäne Schaumburg – Schaumburg Castle Ruins loop from Selsendorf

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