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Ehrenstein Monastery and castle ruins

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Ehrenstein Monastery and castle ruins

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Ehrenstein Monastery and castle ruins

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    March 30, 2019

    Hiking

    At the Wied located beautiful monastery with church and above ruin.
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    June 20, 2021

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    kloster-ehrenstein.de/burganlage-ehrenstein/die-kirche.html
    The St. Trinity consecrated church was built around 1480 by the Bergischen Hereditary Marshal Bertram von Nesselrode and his wife Margarethe von Burscheid on a ledge at the foot …
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    January 25, 2021

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    The castle was first mentioned in 1331 as the property of Rorich von Uetgenbach (1312–1345), who has called himself Herr zu Ehrenstein since then. [1] Later it came into the possession of the gentlemen von Nesselrode, who owned the castle until it was relinquished in 1993.
    During the Thirty Years War the castle was destroyed by Swedish troops and has not been rebuilt since then.
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    1. Wiedbahn Tunnel and Bridge – Burg Ehrenstein Ruins loop from Siershahn

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    Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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    Location: Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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