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Neu-Ems Castle (Glopper Castle)

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Neu-Ems Castle (Glopper Castle)

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Location: Hohenems, Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria

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1. Gsohl Alpe – Alt-Ems Castle Ruins loop from Hohenems

22.3km

07:36

1,110m

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Zigzag Trail – Alt-Ems Castle Ruins loop from Platzbruck

6.78km

02:23

300m

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

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3. Challenging forest trail – Schwarzenberg Summit loop from Reute

12.1km

04:54

880m

870m

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Gerhard

May 21, 2018

The castle Neu-Ems, also called "Schloss Glopper" or popularly called "Glopper", is a medieval high-altitude castle in the Vorarlberg town Hohenems. The castle is privately owned and will be rented after the renovation from 2018 for dream holidays. For more information: rentacastle.at

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Goofystyle

May 20, 2020

Nice hike, unfortunately no entry. But you can book it for an overnight stay.

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Marcus

August 30, 2022

The complex was a castle of the noble and knightly family of the Lords of Ems.

In 1343, with the permission of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria, Knight Ulrich I of Ems built a new castle on the ridge of the Rhine Valley in Emsreute, near his Alt-Ems fortress, in order to create a permanent home for his large family in troubled times.

In 1407, during the Appenzell War, the castle of the former Counts of Hohenems was destroyed for the first time and immediately rebuilt.

In 1603 a chapel was set up on the ground floor, of which no remains have survived except for two pointed arch windows in the north wall. The former winged altar of this chapel (Antwerp master, around 1515-1520) has been in the Tyrolean State Museum since 1835.

Since 1843, this exceptionally uniform building ensemble consisting of a small-scale stronghold with a keep-like bulwark, attached palace and lower-lying outer bailey has been privately owned by the Waldburg-Zeil-Hohenems family.

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Elevation 670 m

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Location: Hohenems, Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria

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Neu-Ems Castle (Glopper Castle)

1. Gsohl Alpe – Alt-Ems Castle Ruins loop from Hohenems

2. Zigzag Trail – Alt-Ems Castle Ruins loop from Platzbruck

3. Challenging forest trail – Schwarzenberg Summit loop from Reute

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