バート・ツヴェステンの洞窟・トップ19

The keep is freely accessible, an iron spiral staircase leads to the very top. The view over the nearby and not so nearby surroundings is phenomenal!

The former hunting lodge was built between 1704 and 1707 by Landgrave Karl of Hesse-Kassel for his wife Maria Anna Amalia of Courland in the wide plain between the rivers Eder and Schwalm according to designs by court architect Johann Konrad Giesler. The swampy ground on the edge of the Eder floodplain was drained for the construction and supported with driven-in piles.

Unfortunately the café at the castle is closed.

A beautiful ruin of a Romanesque castle on high

Towards the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century, the construction of the fortifications on the 280 m above sea level began. NHN high Schloßberg started over Jesberg. On April 2, 1241, the brothers Ludwig and Wortwin von Linsingen sold the castle and courthouse "Lenswideshusen", later known as "Jagsperg" or "Jagesburg", to Archbishop Siegfried III of Mainz, but received them back as a Mainz fief. The castle was located on the old Fritzlarer Straße, one of the oldest trade routes in Hesse, which connected the Wetterau with the Fritzlar/Gudensberg area, and became - along with Fritzlar, Naumburg and Heiligenberg near Felsberg - a main base of the power of Mainz in Lower Hesse. The castle was repeatedly mortgaged over the next two centuries; Pledge holders and Burgmannen were u. a. Members of the ministerial families "von Falkenberg", "von Linsingen", "von Gilsa" and "von Grifte". Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Jesberg

Located near the bike path

Tall people have to watch their heads when going up and down...

The reconstructed tower of Löwenstein Castle can be climbed and offers panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. Be careful of your head while climbing! Otherwise, you might easily fall 🤕.