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Gate of Ebersburg Castle

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Gate of Ebersburg Castle

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Gate of Ebersburg Castle

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Location: Herrmannsacker, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) – Old Town Gate of Neustadt loop from Neustadt / Harz

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2. Gondel Pond, Neustadt – Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) loop from Osterode

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3. Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) – Hohnstein Castle Ruins (HWN 98) loop from Herrmannsacker

17.1km

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Alwin

May 24, 2025

Double chamber gate, really rare

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wir Zwei👍🏻Harzer Wanderkaiserpaar👑

April 21, 2025

Still good to see how it used to be

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Angela - Lupinchen I. 👸

August 9, 2025

Ebersburg Castle lies on a porphyry cone on the southern edge of the Harz Mountains, north of the village of Herrmannsacker, at the western end of the Wetzel Valley, through which the Krebsbach stream flows.

The ruins are dominated by its massive castle tower. With its still preserved height of 18 meters and its impressive wall thickness of 4.50 meters, it conveys an impression of strength, power, and durability. The castle was built in 1190 by Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, certainly not least to demonstrate his power externally and to assert his presence internally.

The castle was built between 1180 and 1191 at the behest of Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, certainly not least to demonstrate his power externally and to assert his presence internally. It was the northernmost fortification of the Thuringian Empire and is today probably the only castle ruin in Germany that has been preserved as a complete, purely Romanesque structure.

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Location: Herrmannsacker, Landkreis Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany

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Gate of Ebersburg Castle

1. Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) – Old Town Gate of Neustadt loop from Neustadt / Harz

2. Gondel Pond, Neustadt – Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) loop from Osterode

3. Ebersburg Castle Ruins (HWN 100) – Hohnstein Castle Ruins (HWN 98) loop from Herrmannsacker

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