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Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains

Landkreis Harz

Ilsenburg (Harz)

Ilsestein Castle Ruins — Information Board

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Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains

Landkreis Harz

Ilsenburg (Harz)

Ilsestein Castle Ruins — Information Board

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Ilsestein Castle Ruins — Information Board

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    Location: Ilsenburg (Harz), Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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    1. Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilsetal) – Paternoster Cliff loop from Ilsenburg (Harz)

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    2. Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilsetal) – Upper Ilse Falls loop from Ilsenburg (Harz)

    16.0km

    04:56

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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    3. Obere Ilsefälle – Lower Ilse Falls loop from Darlingerode

    23.6km

    07:11

    720m

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    Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    August 11, 2024

    Great information board about Ilsestein

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      August 6, 2024

      The information board tells historical facts about the former fortress

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        August 12, 2024

        There is definitely a lot of effort involved.

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          September 16, 2023

          Information board about Ilsenstein and what was once here.

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            September 18, 2023

            The information board tells historical facts about the former fortress

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              February 6, 2024

              😎The legend also reports that a castle once stood here; It is said to have been the castle of a Harz king who had a beautiful daughter named Ilse, as the Brothers Grimm report: “Nearby there lived a witch whose daughter looked extremely ugly. A lot of suitors wooed Ilse, but no one wanted the witch's daughter. This made the witch angry and she magically turned the castle into a rock, at the foot of which she attached a door that was only visible to the king's daughter. The enchanted Ilse still walks out of this door every morning and bathes in the river that is named after her. If a person is so happy and sees her in the bath, she takes him to the castle, treats him deliciously and leaves him with plenty of presents. But the envious witch ensures that she is only visible in the bath on a few days of the year. Only he can redeem her who bathes in the river with her at the same time and equals her in beauty and virtue.

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                December 6, 2023

                The information board explains with words and pictures what it once looked like here.
                HWN stamp office.

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                  December 10, 2023

                  Interesting that there used to be a castle here.

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                    July 24, 2024

                    Great view, invites you to linger. In good weather you can see for miles.

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                      April 10, 2025

                      interesting 🙃

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                        Location: Ilsenburg (Harz), Landkreis Harz, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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