윔멜부르크‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪15‬개의 동굴

Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly dilapidated

I love walking there. However, you can see more and more that it is gradually falling into disrepair 😟

Unfortunately, it is deteriorating more and more 😟

It's a little journey back in time and I really like it there. Immediately after that you come to the castle park and it's very beautiful there too.

Enjoy the view to the south, breathtakingly beautiful.

Since 1949, the Bornstedt local festival has taken place every year in the ruins.

Bornstedt Castle, also known as Schweinsburg, stands high on the Hornburger Sattel – a ridge on the eastern edge of the Harz Mountains. The impressive, thirty-meter-high keep of the castle ruins can be seen from far away. The former Carolingian rampart was probably built in the 8th century. The "Brunstediburg" was first mentioned in documents around 880 in the Hersfeld tithe register. It consisted of a stone core castle with a keep and an outer castle, once surrounded by a ring wall and a moat. In 1115, Emperor Henry V used Bornstedt Castle as a station for his troops in the battles at Welfesholz during the Saxon Wars. From 1301 to 1780, the complex was owned by the Counts of Mansfeld, and from 1502 it was one of their residences. During the Thirty Years' War, Bornstedt Castle lost importance and began to decay.

This free car park with three spaces is somewhat hidden on the way to the Grillenberg castle ruins. Please do not drive any further, even if it seems possible. After that there are no more parking spaces and the route is short.