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Schelmenburg Castle

Schelmenburg Castle

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Schelmenburg Castle

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Location: Hesse, Germany

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Kai 🇺🇦

July 28, 2019

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Here is the true story of how the rogues came to a castle:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schelm_von_Bergen

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Jockel

May 4, 2026

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The Schelmenburg in Bergen-Enkheim is the oldest preserved structure in the district and was for centuries the ancestral seat of the knightly family of the „Schelme von Bergen“. Originally built …

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Frank Skibbe

September 1, 2018

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The Schelmenburg was a medieval moated castle in today's Frankfurt-Bergen-Enkheim in Hesse. For several centuries it was the ancestral seat of the rogues of Bergen. Today, the Schelmenburg still has a Baroque water castle, which was built in 1700 on the foundations of the former fortress.
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Elevation 170 m

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