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Blankenrode — Deserted Medieval Town & Audio Museum

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Blankenrode — Deserted Medieval Town & Audio Museum

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Blankenrode — Deserted Medieval Town & Audio Museum

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

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Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Weser-Rhine Watershed Bench – Glasebachteich loop from Blankenrode

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2. Blankenroder Bleikuhlen Nature Reserve – Weser-Rhine Watershed Bench loop from Blankenrode

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3. Haus Mittelwald – View of the Teutoburg Forest loop from Hardehausen

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Franz

April 16, 2020

In the forest, you are guided through the Blankenrode city desert. At the various stations, acoustic information is received via loudspeakers. The trail has very nice passages. It is also a way for children!

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Matthias

February 5, 2019

The former town castle Blankenrode is of particular archaeological importance.

Historians describe the old Blankenrode as "the most concise urban desert in Central Europe". This was built in the middle of the 13th century on the mountain spur of the Südegge as a border fortification for Blankenrode. Prince-Bishop Simon I of Paderborn and the abbot of the Corvey Monastery wanted to use this castle to delimit their sphere of influence from the Count of Waldeck. The old Königsweg, called Herßweg, ran through the city from west to east.

Today it is known as the Warburger Weg, which crosses the watershed between the Rhine and Weser at the highest point here on the ridge of the Südegge. In the "Benge feud" around 1390, the city was destroyed.

Source: paderborner-land.de

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Hexe-marian 🧙

January 11, 2021

Interesting corner, in the middle of the forest there is a night watchman made of rusty iron and a voice can be heard ... an explanatory loudspeaker hangs above it 😂

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Blankenrode — Deserted Medieval Town & Audio Museum

1. Weser-Rhine Watershed Bench – Glasebachteich loop from Blankenrode

2. Blankenroder Bleikuhlen Nature Reserve – Weser-Rhine Watershed Bench loop from Blankenrode

3. Haus Mittelwald – View of the Teutoburg Forest loop from Hardehausen

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