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View of Giebichenstein Castle

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Location: Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. View of Giebichenstein Castle – Riveufer on the Saale loop from Bebelviertel

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2. Riveufer on the Saale – View of Giebichenstein Castle loop from Halle-Neustadt

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3. View of Giebichenstein Castle – Saale riverbank loop from Südliche Innenstadt

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Michi LE

April 22, 2023

961 Giebichenstein was first mentioned. In the second half of the 12th century the construction of a stone fortification, the upper castle, began. The castle served the Archbishops of Magdeburg as a temporary seat of government, until the completion of the Moritzburg in Halle (1503) as their main residence. During the Thirty Years' War (1636) the fortress was partially ruined. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle ruins were an important symbol of German Romanticism. In 1906, the city of Halle acquired the castle ruins from the Prussian domain administration and made them accessible to the public. It has been an open-air architecture museum since 1966. As a result of extensive restoration work since the early 1990s, further remains of the wall have been uncovered, making a visit to the Giebichenstein much more intuitive. (Circumferential walls, foundations of residential buildings, including a residential tower, with walls three to five meters thick. Foundations of the castle church 17 m long, wall thickness 2.20 m. Courtyard with original medieval paving. Barrel vault). The gate tower (12th century) as a lookout tower offers a unique, unforgettable view over the Saale valley. Since 1921, the lower castle has been the seat of today's art school in Halle - Burg Giebichenstein.

Source: m.halle.de/de/Kultur/Tourismus/Sehenswertes/History-discovery/Burg-Giebichenstein

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Reni🐝

April 15, 2023

Very majestic to look at and well preserved as it is being used

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May 13, 2023

Beautiful view of the Saale and Giebichenstein Castle.

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