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Eichicht Castle

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Eichicht Castle

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Eichicht Castle

Name: Eichicht Castle
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Location: Kaulsdorf, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Mooshäuschen Viewpoint – View from Bockfelsen loop from Kaulsdorf (Saale)

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2. View of the Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Könitz (Thür)

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3. View of Hohenwarte Dam – Hohenwarte Dam loop from Saalfeld (Saale)

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July 27, 2024

The builders of the hilltop castle, the Lords of Eichhicht, were first mentioned in 1331. The castle was first mentioned in documents in 1383 as the seat of a Holbach of Eichicht. A castle chapel is documented for the year 1464.

It is not known when the castle came into the possession of the von Beulwitz family, a Thuringian noble family. It was probably destroyed in the Thirty Years' War.

In 1696, a large-scale reconstruction of the castle took place, as indicated by a date in a chimney. In 1873, it was described as dilapidated. After being vacant, the complex was restored by the Reisner family from 1920 to 1923 according to plans by Bodo Ebhardt.

In 1945, after the owners were expropriated, the castle became public property and served first as a retirement home, then from 1948 to 1963 as a children's convalescent home and from 1963 to 1990 as a dormitory for apprentices of the German Reichsbahn. From 1978 to 1984, various renovations were carried out, including roof repairs, new windows and tower repairs.

From 2000 to 2015, the castle was inhabited by Burkhard Berndt and Constanze Dölz and offered as a holiday home. In 2015, it was purchased by the insurance broker Max Buchholz, who lives there with his wife, a doctor.

The original castle was a three-winged, enclosed complex around a small inner courtyard (core castle). The upper floors were built in exposed timber framing on a solid substructure. The complex had a castle chapel and an outer castle, which consisted of two houses on either side of the castle garden. There was also a barn, a pond and a very small house.

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Location: Kaulsdorf, Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany

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Eichicht Castle

1. Mooshäuschen Viewpoint – View from Bockfelsen loop from Kaulsdorf (Saale)

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