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The sign in front of the moat has the following inscription: Old castle destroyed in 1382, rebuilt before 1605, former fiefdom of the Günderrode family.

The whole slope is an excellently maintained… beautifully landscaped garden… fruit cultivation… herb and flower beds… very finely labelled

Great preserved complex with lots of things worth seeing around it.. you should treat yourself

Wenings used to be a fortress town in Ysenburg and was the summer residence of the Counts of Isenburg and Birstein for centuries. Moritzstein Castle, which was part of the city fortifications, came into the possession of the then independent city of Wenings at the beginning of the last century. On the ground floor of the building is the local history museum with a permanent exhibition on rural living and working in previous centuries as well as information on the city's history. During guided tours, which can be booked through the Gedern tourist office, you can get to know the museum, the historic coat of arms hall on the first floor and the history of the town of Wenings.

The castle in the beautiful castle park is simply great. You can sleep well here in the hotel.

The Alteburg, also called Altenburg, is a derelict moated castle in the Alteburgpark in the town of Schotten in the Vogelsberg district in Hesse. An early ring wall system can be assumed to be the predecessor of the Alteburg. Finds made in 1960 point to the Hallstatt period. The moated castle was probably developed around 1000 on an artificially raised castle hill, surrounded by a circular moat fed from the Nidda, and served to monitor an important highway that led along the Nidda over the heights of the Vogelsberg. After the castle was destroyed by the Rhenish League of Cities in 1382, it was not rebuilt. A residential building was probably built on the remains of the castle in 1515. The Alteburg was first mentioned in writing in 1547, when it was included in the documents as the “old bower”. Tilemann von Günderrode (1512–1550), Chancellor of Landgrave Philip I of Hesse, received the dilapidated complex and other property in Schotten from the Landgrave as a fief. His son Wilhelm (1550–1607), who became a colonel in the Hesse-Kassel service, had the remains of the castle and the old house removed around the turn of the century, probably in 1605, and a stately half-timbered house with a gable roof was built on parts of the massive foundation walls as a widow's residence. The circular moat fed by the Nidda still surrounds the half-timbered building, which is still very well preserved and surrounded by trees. The property is privately owned and not open to the public. The Alteburgpark park with the moat, which faces Nidda and federal highway 276, was purchased and created by the city of Schotten and is freely accessible. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alteburg_(Schotten)

Fantastic castle 👌 🤩

Ulrichstein Castle is located in the northwestern part of the Vogelsberg Mountains and is visible from afar from the plain. The remains of Ulrichstein Castle, which once served to protect important trade routes, date back to the 12th century. At the foot of the castle hill lies the town of Ulrichstein, the highest town in Hesse. The castle was demolished in 1826, and today only ruins remain of the once fortified administrative seat of the nobility. Ulrichstein's ruined landmark now boasts an observation tower, offering a magnificent panoramic view of the Hessian low mountain range. On a clear day, the panoramic view extends far across the countryside in all directions. https://www.freizeit-mittelhessen.de/burg-ulrichstein.html