ホムベルク（オーム）の洞窟・トップ20

Komoot led me here

From the Frauenberg castle ruins you have a wonderful view in all directions at any time of year. But be careful: sometimes a very cold wind blows up there! So dress warmly!

Amöneburg is located about 16 km east of Marburg on a basalt cone that can be seen from afar. The name stands for both the small town and the castle on the Amöneberg with a height of 365m. It is an offshoot of the Vogelsberg volcanism in the east of Hesse. The climb to the highest point is up to 16% steep. The view in clear weather is remarkable.

The castle courtyard is freely accessible at all times.

The small and beautiful town of Amöneburg is located on a basalt cone. There is a lot to discover and experience here. It is a pleasure to stay here, great.

Steep climb which is rewarded with a great view.

The first documented mention of Romrod dates back to 1197, when in a document from the Fulda monastery under Abbot Heinrich III. von Cronberg, Ludwig von Rumerot appears as a witness to a transfer of goods. The ministerial family was probably among the followers of the Landgraves of Thuringia, but is also attested in the Fulda area. Heinrich von Romrod built Herzberg Castle towards the end of the 13th century and gave it to the Landgrave of Hesse as a fief. The family subsequently divided into two lines, one of which was named after the new castle in Herzfeld. The male line of the Romroder line died out around the middle of the 14th century, whereupon the heiress sold the castle to the landgraves Heinrich II and Otto. The castle was occupied by castle men and finally came into direct Hessian ownership around 1400. In the course of the division of the Hesse inheritance after the death of Philip the Magnanimous, Romrod Castle initially passed to Landgrave Ludwig IV of Hesse-Marburg. Between 1578 and 1587 he had a large part of the castle buildings demolished due to their dilapidation. The new buildings of this time essentially gave the castle its current appearance. After Ludwig's death in 1604, the castle fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt. Until 1829 it served as the seat of a landgrave's office. The castle was then rebuilt again, mainly between 1878 and 1885, and served as a summer residence for the grand ducal family. For this purpose, the nearest train station, Zell-Romrod, was given its own princely room for the reception of the “highest gentlemen”. In the property dispute between the People's State of Hesse and the last Grand Duke of Hesse and the Rhine, Ernst Ludwig, the castle was awarded to the former Grand Duke in the first agreement in 1919. In the second contract from 1930, which was concluded due to the inflation of 1923, the castle only fell to the former Grand Duke for life and thus to the People's State of Hesse one year after his death in 1938. After the Second World War it was used as accommodation for refugees until the 1970s. It then stood empty for years and was in danger of falling into disrepair until the German Foundation for Monument Protection acquired it in 1997. Today the castle houses a hotel. Between 1996 and 2002, extensive archaeological excavations took place in the castle area. Source: Wikipedia

After the Second World War, the castle was used as accommodation for refugees until the 1970s. It then stood empty for years and was in danger of falling into disrepair until the German Foundation for Monument Protection acquired it in 1997. Today the castle houses a hotel.