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Ziegenhain Water Fortress

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Schwalmstadt

Ziegenhain Water Fortress

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Location: Schwalmstadt, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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1. Wippersteine – Jewish Cemetery Merzhausen loop from Zella

27.0km

07:06

230m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Totenkirche Treysa – Ziegenhain Water Fortress loop from Treysa

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03:06

60m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. District Vocational School Schwalmstadt – Ziegenhain Water Fortress loop from Ziegenhain

3.72km

00:57

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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keine Ahnung

February 9, 2019

At this point you can enjoy the view of the moat. I find it really interesting how the inner city is surrounded by this ditch.

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Ute

May 10, 2023

The only still functioning water fortress in Europe

Ziegenhain Fortress was the recruitment site. In 1776, Landgrave Friedrich II of Hesse-Kassel, due to lack of money, committed himself to his brother-in-law's son, King George III of Great Britain, to provide 12,000 soldiers for the fight in the breakaway colonies in North America. Friedrich received a total of 11 million thalers for this. Fallen, wounded and deserted soldiers had to be replaced, so a total of 20,000 Hessians fought for the English crown in America. The supply of the soldiers was organized from Ziegenhain.

Many young men, often from poor backgrounds, were cheated and then forced into military service.

The three-part film "The Winter That Was a Summer" (broadcast on ARD in 1976, film adaptation of the novel by Sandra Paretti) tells this part of Hessian history. Parts of the film were shot in the Ziegenhain Fortress

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Elevation 210 m

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Location: Schwalmstadt, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel District, Regierungsbezirk Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Ziegenhain Water Fortress

1. Wippersteine – Jewish Cemetery Merzhausen loop from Zella

2. Totenkirche Treysa – Ziegenhain Water Fortress loop from Treysa

3. District Vocational School Schwalmstadt – Ziegenhain Water Fortress loop from Ziegenhain

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