Lichtenberg Castle (Prad)
Lichtenberg Castle (German: ) may refer to: in France: * Château de Lichtenberg near Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in Germany: * Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate) near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate * Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld) near Oberstenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg * Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter) near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony * Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg) near Lichtenberg (Upper Franconia) in Bavaria * Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony) near Lichtenberg/Erzgeb. in Saxony in Italy * Lichtenberg Castle (Prad) in the Lichtenberg subdivision of Prad am Stilfser Joch Prad am Stilfser Joch (; it, Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass. ...

Château De Lichtenberg
The Château de Lichtenberg is a castle built on a singular prominence in the northern Vosges at the end of the village of Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. The castle was first mentioned in 1206 and is most well known as the home of the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. It was left in ruins in 1870 after bombardment by Württemberg troops during the Franco-Prussian War, but was restored in the 1990s and is open to the public. History The castle is first mentioned in 1206, as home to the Lords of Lichtenberg. The Lichtenberg line passed to the Hanau family, who became the Counts of Hanau-Lichtenberg. In the late 16th century, Phillip IV of Hanau-Lichtenberg hired Daniel Specklin, who had designed the fortifications of Strasbourg, to turn the castle into a fortress to use and protect against a new weapon: the cannon. In 1678, the castle capitulated to French troops after an eight-day siege. Like most of the castles in the Alsace region, it came under the ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate)
Lichtenberg Castle (german: Burg Lichtenberg) is a ruin of the spur castle type; with a length of 425m (1,394 ft) it is the biggest castle ruin in Germany. It is located near Thallichtenberg in the district of Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate. History The castle was built around 1200 and was owned until 1444 by the counts of Veldenz; after which it fell into the ownership of Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken. Under the new rule, Lichtenberg Castle became the administrative seat of Zweibrücken until the move of the administration to Kusel in 1758. The castle remained under the duchy until the dissolution of the Duchy of Zweibrücken in 1792. The part of Germany west of the Rhine river was occupied by French Revolution troops in 1792, and in 1795, the French dissolved the old borders and created new administrative districts, placing Lichtenberg Castle in the Saar Department. The town of Kusel was burnt down by French revolution troops in 1794. Lichtenberg Castle ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld)
Lichtenberg Castle (German: ) may refer to: in France: * Château de Lichtenberg near Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in Germany: * Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate) near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate * Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld) near Oberstenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg * Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter) near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony * Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg) near Lichtenberg (Upper Franconia) in Bavaria * Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony) near Lichtenberg/Erzgeb. in Saxony in Italy * Lichtenberg Castle (Prad) in the Lichtenberg subdivision of Prad am Stilfser Joch Prad am Stilfser Joch (; it, Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass. ...

Oberstenfeld
Oberstenfeld () is a municipality in the district of Ludwigsburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is located about 40 km north of Stuttgart. Geography Oberstenfeld is located in the upper Bottwar river valley. It lies in the northeast of the district of Ludwigsburg. In the north it borders to the Löwenstein Hills, in the west there are the hills Forstberg and Wunnenstein covered by vineyards. Neighboring towns The closest neighboring towns are Beilstein to the north and Großbottwar to the south. Incorporated villages The villages Gronau (located northeast of Oberstenfeld) and Prevorst (located about five kilometers northeast in the Löwensteiner Berge hills) are incorporated. Prevorst is an exclave located between the Heilbronn district and the Rems-Murr district. With an elevation of 482m it is the highest location of the Ludwigsburg district. Transport Road links The motorway ''Autobahn'' A81 (Zürich – Singen – Würzburg – Hamburg) is nearby and r ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter)
Lichtenberg Castle (german: Burg Lichtenberg), also called the Heinrichsburg ("Henry Castle"), is a ruined castle dating to the 12th century in the Lichtenberge hills (the northwestern part of the Salzgitter Hills) near Salzgitter in the German state of Lower Saxony. The ruins are found south of and above the Salzgitter suburb of Lichtenberg on the steep summit of the ''Burgberg'' (241 metres high). The site, which is extremely good from a strategic perspective, shows the ideal type of ground plan of a hill castle from the High Middle Ages. The builder of the most important fortifications of the Welf dynasty was Duke Henry the Lion. The castle was built to counter the Bishopric of Hildesheim and its Hohenstaufen neighbour in Goslar. In spite of numerous conflicts of those times, it was not destroyed until 1552 by the cannons of a mercenary army. Layout of the castle The castle comprises an upper and lower wards. The upper ward lies on an oval plateau, 45 metres × 80 met ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg)
Lichtenberg Castle (German: ) may refer to: in France: * Château de Lichtenberg near Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in Germany: * Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate) near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate * Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld) near Oberstenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg * Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter) near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony * Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg) near Lichtenberg (Upper Franconia) in Bavaria * Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony) near Lichtenberg/Erzgeb. in Saxony in Italy * Lichtenberg Castle (Prad) in the Lichtenberg subdivision of Prad am Stilfser Joch Prad am Stilfser Joch (; it, Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass. ...

Upper Franconia
Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle Franconia and Lower Franconia, which are all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern (''Bavaria''). With more than 200 independent breweries which brew approximately 1000 different types of beer, Upper Franconia has the world's highest brewery-density per capita. A special Franconian beer route (''Fränkische Brauereistraße'') runs through many popular breweries. Geography The administrative region borders on Thuringia (''Thüringen'') to the north, Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') to the west, Middle Franconia (''Mittelfranken'') to the south-west, and Upper Palatinate (''Oberpfalz'') to the south-east, Saxony (''Sachsen'') to the north-east and the Czech Republic to the east. History After the founding of the Kingdom of Bava ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony)
Lichtenberg Castle (German: ) may refer to: in France: * Château de Lichtenberg near Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in Germany: * Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate) near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate * Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld) near Oberstenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg * Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter) near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony * Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg) near Lichtenberg (Upper Franconia) in Bavaria * Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony) near Lichtenberg/Erzgeb. in Saxony in Italy * Lichtenberg Castle (Prad) in the Lichtenberg subdivision of Prad am Stilfser Joch Prad am Stilfser Joch (; it, Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass. ...

Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of , and the sixth most populous, with more than 4 million inhabitants. The term Saxony has been in use for more than a millennium. It was used for the medieval Duchy of Saxony, the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire, the Kingdom of Saxony, and twice for a republic. The first Free State of Saxony was established in 1918 as a constituent state of the Weimar Republic. After World War II, it was under Soviet occupation before it became part of the communist East Ger ...
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Lichtenberg Castle (Prad)
Lichtenberg Castle (German: ) may refer to: in France: * Château de Lichtenberg near Lichtenberg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace in Germany: * Lichtenberg Castle (Palatinate) near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate * Lichtenberg Castle (Oberstenfeld) near Oberstenfeld in Baden-Wuerttemberg * Lichtenberg Castle (Salzgitter) near Salzgitter in Lower Saxony * Lichtenberg Castle (Lichtenberg) near Lichtenberg (Upper Franconia) in Bavaria * Lichtenberg Castle (Saxony) near Lichtenberg/Erzgeb. in Saxony in Italy * Lichtenberg Castle (Prad) in the Lichtenberg subdivision of Prad am Stilfser Joch Prad am Stilfser Joch (; it, Prato allo Stelvio ), often abbreviated to Prad, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about west of the city of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland, and near the Stelvio Pass. ...