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Gießen District

Swedish Tower, Amöneburg

Gießen District

Swedish Tower, Amöneburg

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Swedish Tower, Amöneburg

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Location: Amöneburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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Nico

June 15, 2024

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It's nice how lovingly you are explained on the tour what is presented to you live and shown in color... great thing

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Michel ✔

August 27, 2022

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The Swedish Tower owes its name to the fraternal feud between Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt. The so-called Hesse War led to the Swedes, allies of Kassel, camping 23,000 soldiers in front of the fortress of Amöneburg in the summer of 1646 with the intention of eliminating it.

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Andi

June 18, 2022

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The hiker receives historical information about the Hessian war of succession between Hesse-Kassel and Hesse-Darmstadt at the so-called Swedish Tower.
Source: amoeneburg.de/seite/de/stadt/0608:2521/-/BergerErlebnisMomente_Premium_Spazierwanderweg.html

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Elevation 400 m

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Tuesday 4 August

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72 %

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Location: Amöneburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen District, Hesse, Germany

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