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This gray, age-old ruin is called "Mauerschädel," meaning "uninhabitable ruin." The people's imagination has always been preoccupied with this ruin, and in 1891, the blind legend collector Chr. Ludwig Wucke recorded the following legend: Filke was once a large town, stretching from Oberfilke to the now-vanished old St. Peter's Church and the village of Willmars. It was crossed by three streams and had over 300 bakers and the first Christian church in the area. The bishop baptized the pagans there. Its remains form the "Mauerschädel." Indeed, the legend is supported by the fact that a large number of now-vanished settlements once existed in the area around Filke. The ruin lies directly on the border between Thuringia and Bavaria.

Mauerschädel (Skull of the Wall). A medieval remnant of the village of Bischofs. An open-air service is held there every year. The atmosphere is fantastic, beside the Schmerbach stream. Friedhelm Korell's bratwurst and Erich Hofmann's roasted pork roasts are absolute favorites. It's practically an insider tip!

We like to take a break here. A beautiful place in the middle of nature.

This is a really large and really well-maintained ruin. The climb is short and sweet from Henneberg. There is also a path around the complex. It is definitely worth a walk

The Mauerschädel is an early medieval structure. It is a tiny fortified church fortress, of which only remnants remain. The Hochrhöner Extratour "Willmarser" passes by there. A covered seating area invites you to take a rest.

The Lichtenburg, a castle ruin, was built in the 12th century and expanded and rebuilt several times over the centuries. Destroyed in the Peasants' War in the 16th century, it was then rebuilt, but lost its importance in the 18th century and slowly fell into disrepair. Its keep is well preserved and offers an impressive view of the Rhön, the Grabfeld and the Thuringian Forest.

The castle ruins will be open to the public until the end of May 2024, after which they will be closed for restoration work. The restaurant is already closed (hopefully only temporarily).

The Mauerschädel ruins are the ruins of a fortified church in the Rhön, located in the Rhön-Grabfeld district. The Mauerschädel church ruins are located in a gentle valley directly next to the village of Filke, a district of the municipality of Willmars. The ruins are located directly on the state border between Thuringia and Bavaria. Around the year 770 there is the first documented mention of a place called “Biscofestat” (bishop's town? - with supposedly over 300 bakers), to which the Mauerschädel church ruins are said to have originally belonged. A certain Adelher donated these estates to the Fulda monastery. In this context there were two other disappeared communities, “Solzach” and “Hoitino”. Remains of the tower of the Mauerschädel ruins The church is believed to have been built around the year 1000. The village of Bischofs is said to have still existed in 1334 - a hundred years later it was described as “desolate”. According to legend, invading Huns destroyed Bishop's village and caused a massacre among the Christians. The town of Filke was mentioned for the first time in 1458 – “Zum Bischof in der Filken”. During investigations in 1903 it was said that the ruins were not - as assumed - the remains of a women's monastery, but the church of the former bishop's town. The church's courtyards can still be seen in the ruins today. The inner-German border originally ran between the chancel and the nave. In the 1970s, the entire ruin was assigned to the Free State of Bavaria and thus the Federal Republic by the German-German Border Commission. Wikipedia