フライエンハーゲンの洞窟・トップ11

quite inconspicuous but well-kept

Here you can find seminars in beautiful surroundings.

Conference hotel with beautiful old buildings but also with new buildings next to them. But not interesting for hikes.

The site of the former Bodenhausen Castle. The finds from the castle complex indicate that it was used from the middle of the 12th century. until the 14th/15th century. This castle probably consisted of an approximately triangular main castle and an approximately quadrangular outer castle, which were separated from each other by a carved ravine. The northern main castle is naturally secured in the west by a watercourse and artificially secured in the east by a ditch. It is possible that the main castle was surrounded by water. The path here leads, so to speak, through the middle of the castle grounds. Ramparts and hills are still clearly visible.

A nice conference hotel.

The fortified churchyard of Weißenborn is one of the rare surviving examples of mediaeval churchyard castles in the low mountain range. In the case of the plant, probably in the 12th and 13th centuries, a mountain spur towering steeply above the old village of Weißenborn was used.

The first castle on the Rusteberg was first mentioned in a document in 1123, but was already destroyed again in 1160. Subsequent buildings and extensions by the archbishops of Mainz were carried out from the 12th century. In 1749 and 1750 the administration built Rusteberg Castle. In connection with this, the demolition of the previously intact castle began in order to use the stones as building material.

If you have already reached the top, you should definitely visit BOTH summits. On the "Alte Gleichen" you can see a little more of the former castle. For this you have benches and a shelter to rest on the "Neue Gleichen". From both peaks there are vantage points down to the valley.