Niederlauterstein Castle Ruins

Niederlauterstein Castle Ruins

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Niederlauterstein Castle Ruins

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Location: Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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November 9, 2021

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Lauterstein Castle, also known as the Niederlauterstein castle ruins, is a medieval hilltop castle in Niederlauterstein, a district of Marienberg in the Erzgebirgskreis in the Free State of Saxony. It has been a castle ruin since the Thirty Years' War.

Source: Wikipedia

the video for the tour: cnoops.de/aiovg_videos/burgruine-umd-victoria-stolln-niederlauterstein-9-november-2021

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Klausi

October 18, 2023

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The Lauterstein, like the other castles in the area, the Neidberg, the Liebenstein and the nameless complex at Nonnenfelsen, were local bases for the expansion of the country in the 12th and 13th centuries. Century, which was carried here by the Reich Ministerials of the Pleißenland. The colonizers of the area around Zöblitz/Niederlauterstein were the Lords of Erdmannsdorf, whose relative Werner built Neidberg Castle on the Pockau (on the Lion's Head Rock) in the 12th century.
In the 13th century, probably before the middle of the century, the area was included in the imperial rule of Schellenberg.
Source: display board

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Michi LE

December 28, 2021

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The Deep Victoria Stolln is located on the Pockau River below the old Lauterstein castle ruins. A symbolic entrance still exists today from its former mouth hole. However, you can drive into the former “bat hole” a few meters further. This comes from the older mining industry in the 16th/17th century. Century. It was buried for a long time, but members of the local history association did what can be viewed here today.

Source: ins-erzgebirge.de/Tiefer-Victoria-Stolln

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