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Lichtenfels Castle Ruins

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Lichtenfels Castle Ruins

Lichtenfels Castle Ruins

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    1. Ottenstein Reservoir – Plague Column at the main square in Zwettl loop from Peygarten-Ottenstein

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    560m

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    June 22, 2022

    This mythical place can be reached via a rather tough but short climb. It pays off!

    Once located on a wooded rocky outcrop above the left Kampufer, the ruin now stands on a peninsula in the middle of the Ottenstein reservoir.

    In 1159, Duke Heinrich the second Jasomirgott enfeoffed his servant Hartung von Rauhenegg and his sons with the Veste Lichtenfels.

    In 1427, the Zwettl monastery brought its archives and treasures to the hidden forest castle to save the treasures from plundering Hussites. In 1670, Lichtenfels was still a fortified castle.

    From the middle of the 18th century the building was neglected. Not far from the ruins there is a swimming area and a campsite.

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      Location: Zwettl-Niederösterreich, Zwettl, Waldviertel, Lower Austria, Austria

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