뷔르츠바흐‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪17‬개의 동굴

Imposing castle, now a specialist clinic

Viewpoint on the Schlossberg with a mushroom as a seat with weather protection

This hilltop castle, originally part of the Orlagau region, was built over a thousand years ago in the midst of a clearing on the upper reaches of the Saale River and its tributary, the Loquitz. It was first mentioned in a document from 1222. Via the Counts of Orlamünde (1250) and the Knights of Ghüna (1506), the castle finally passed to the Margraves of Brandenburg-Kulmbach and Bayreuth in 1622, falling to Prussia in 1791 and Bavaria in 1803. In 1896, the castle romanticist Dr. Erhard Messmer from Halle an der Saale acquired the completely neglected castle complex, had it renovated, and refurbished. Katharina von Orlamünde was born at Lauenstein Castle in the 14th century. She is said to haunt the castle to this day as the restless ghost known as the "White Lady."

After the castle romanticist Dr. Ehrhard Messmer from Halle an der Saale purchased the dilapidated Lauenstein Castle in 1896, he had the building renovated in the historicist style. This included the restoration of the bridge over the moat leading up to the historic castle gate.

quite overgrown in summer

Also worth a highlight for me; however, it is privately owned and not open to the public

Beautiful place, worth it

First written information from the 9th century as a Slavic refuge. Around the year 1000 it was mentioned as a count's hunting lodge and from 1080 as a "fortified house" of the Count of Schwarzburg (Leutenberg line). Over the centuries there were ongoing conversions and extensions to become the count's and widow's residence of the Leutenberg family and the princes of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. 1934 major fire at Friedensburg. Restoration work by the GDR government. From 1958 it served as a guest house for the GDR Council of Ministers. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 it was used as a hotel complex. This was followed by extensive renovation work and the installation of a hospital in 1993. The "Friedensburg Castle" complex opened as a specialist hospital for dermatology. Guided tours of the specialist hospital and the castle complex by appointment. The inner courtyard is recommended for visits 🤩.