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Lauenburg Castle and Castle Tower

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Lauenburg Castle and Castle Tower

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Lauenburg Castle and Castle Tower

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Location: Lauenburg/Elbe, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Altstadt Lauenburg – Lauenburger Rufer loop from Basedow

15.2km

03:56

80m

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2. Lauenburg Old Town loop from Lauenburg/Elbe

11.4km

03:04

130m

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3. Altstadt Lauenburg loop from Schnakenbek

10.6km

02:45

60m

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Siegfried LG

December 17, 2017

The Lauenburg Castle over the city Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein was eponymous for the Duchy of Lauenburg. It was destroyed by shelling by Imperial Artillery in 1656. The only remnant is the tower.

On January 29, 1616, a fire broke out on Schlossberg. Starting from the castle church, the fire spread to one of the main wings of the castle, which housed the manorial premises. The fire was triggered by an unchecked coal fire in the castle church. Part of the castle remained intact. Duke Franz II lived in the undamaged part of the palace until his death on July 2, 1619. After the conclusion of the contract of inheritance, Duke August moved his residence to the Ratzeburg Palace in 1619. The duchess Maria used the area of the castle until her death on 13th August 1626. On a Danish military map of the year 1638 the castle is still pictured. The castle was temporarily under Swedish occupation, 1656 damaged imperial artillery fire the remaining buildings heavy. Duke Julius Heinrich planned a new building after the end of the war, but this was no longer carried out. In 1708, the now called castle office building was built. The gatehouse and an adjoining building were demolished in 1817.

The center of the Schlossberg and the landmark of Lauenburg is the mighty defense tower. This was completed after 20 years of construction in 1477 (see above) and provided with two meters thick walls, loopholes and powder chambers. From here it was possible to control the city, the Elbe and the surrounding country. After the destruction of the castle in 1656, an upper floor was demolished and the tower was around 1725 its present form with the baroque roof rider. Inside, prison cells have been set up on the upper floor and a lapidarium has been placed in the ribbed basement. Ludwig Harms, founder of the Hermannsburg Mission, regularly visited the delinquents in prison cells.

Opposite the tower is the office building of 1708, today known as the "Castle". The elongated brick building with its hipped roof has been used by the city administration as a service building since the 1920s. The palace complex was inhabited until 1924 by Lieutenant Colonel Georg Brinkmann.

Source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauenburger_Schloss

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Zero-One

June 8, 2018

On the first floor of the castle tower are prison cells, which are still original equipped. In the top you can visit the bells and an old mechanical clock.

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Tom Spandau

January 4, 2019

From the castle Lauenburg there is a nice view. But a little luck is needed to find a place to sit on a bench when the weather is nice.

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Location: Lauenburg/Elbe, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Lauenburg Castle and Castle Tower

1. Altstadt Lauenburg – Lauenburger Rufer loop from Basedow

2. Lauenburg Old Town loop from Lauenburg/Elbe

3. Altstadt Lauenburg loop from Schnakenbek

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