이프타 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

A wooden sign invites visitors to take a look at the castle grounds, but since it's privately owned, you should, of course, stop at the gate. From the 15th century until 1799, it was continuously owned by the Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels family, or rather, by the Capellan family from Austria, who married into the family. The last owners also erected the burial pyramid outside the town. Incidentally, information leaflets about the history of the castle, as well as other sights in Lüderbach, are posted at the bridge just south of the castle.

The patrol path and the GDR border fortifications are still fairly well defined here, as they truly run like a green belt through the middle of the forest. Walking only on the patrol path is very rough in the long run.

A path secured with railings runs along the edge of the Heldrastein and offers a perfect view of the rather fragile-looking mountain.

From a height of 30 meters, the Tower of Unity offers a panoramic view of the Thuringian Forest, the Rhön Mountains, and the Hoher Meißner. Simply magnificent! 🤩

The three-story border tower near Ifta was a so-called command tower of the GDR border troops. The inner-German border was divided into individual sections. Each section had its own command tower. The upper floor was permanently manned by an officer and a soldier. From the Ifta border tower, the entire area – the border, the village of Ifta, and the airspace – was monitored. All messages, including those from the signal fences, were received here. Radio and telecommunications technology was operated from here. The ground floor housed sanitary facilities, and the first floor contained a rest room with beds for up to six people. For safe operation, each tower was equipped with accumulators and an emergency generator to ensure power supply to the border section in the event of a power outage.

From here, you have a sensational view of Ifta. This bench was sponsored by Shedea Manina 🙏

The von Capellan family had lived in Lüderbach since 1612. The burial site was completed on behalf of Adam Friedrich von Capellan in 1779 after a construction period of three years. In its pyramid shape, it represents a representative of a long tomb tradition. Since this type of mousoleum is rarely found in Northern Europe, one must assume that the tomb was built according to the ideas of the client, whose family came from Austria. From there it was not far to Italy, where burial sites in the shape of a pyramid are often found. Adam Friedrich von Capellan and his sister Frederike von Cornberg found their final resting place in the basement of the monument.

The last two members of the von Capella family are buried there.