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Darmstadt District

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Fischbachtal

Lichtenberg Castle(1570)+Bollwerk (1503)-Lichtberg/Odw.🚴‍♂️

Castles

Darmstadt District

Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg

Fischbachtal

Lichtenberg Castle(1570)+Bollwerk (1503)-Lichtberg/Odw.🚴‍♂️

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Lichtenberg Castle(1570)+Bollwerk (1503)-Lichtberg/Odw.🚴‍♂️

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Location: Fischbachtal, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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1. Waldspirale Hundertwasser House – Field Path to Rohrbach loop from Darmstadt Nord

48.8km

02:19

550m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. View of Lichtenberg Castle – Neunkircher Höhe loop from Affhöllerbach

45.6km

02:23

780m

790m

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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3. Scenic Side Route to Brandau – Lindenfels Castle and Old Town loop from Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

108km

04:53

1,080m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Germane 🚴‍♂️

November 18, 2018

Lichtenberg Castle (1570) + Bollwerk Tower (1503) - Lichtberg/Odw. 🚴‍♂️

Weddings, family celebrations, concerts, exhibitions. Local and cosmopolitan. Environmental education center of the UNESCO Geopark Bergstrasse-Odenwald. The Renaissance castle, built by Landgrave Georg I of Darmstadt between 1570 and 1581, is today the cultural center of the community.

Before construction of Lichtenberg Castle began in 1570, the castle of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen stood here as early as the 12th century. Landgrave Georg I commissioned the master builder Jacob Kesselhuth to build the Renaissance castle. The Landgravial family enjoyed staying in Lichtenberg because of the "healthy air." The castle became a base for hunting and, for a time, also a widow's residence for the Landgravines. After the Thirty Years' War, however, the castle was rarely used and over the centuries it gradually fell into disrepair.

Today, the castle is owned by the State of Hesse. The Landscape Museum, founded in 1951, has been expanded several times and now has an exhibition area of approximately 1,120 m², as well as an 85 m² lecture and activity room. However, it is currently closed and can only be visited by appointment. Not far from Lichtenberg Castle, about 400 m west, stands the Bollwerk, a late medieval battery tower that later served to protect the castle. Built in 1503, the tower has a diameter of approximately 19 meters and is 15 meters high. 🚴‍♂️

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August 24, 2020

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Location: Fischbachtal, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Darmstadt District, Hesse, Germany

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Lichtenberg Castle(1570)+Bollwerk (1503)-Lichtberg/Odw.🚴‍♂️

1. Waldspirale Hundertwasser House – Field Path to Rohrbach loop from Darmstadt Nord

2. View of Lichtenberg Castle – Neunkircher Höhe loop from Affhöllerbach

3. Scenic Side Route to Brandau – Lindenfels Castle and Old Town loop from Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

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