The Ehrenburg (Honour Castle) is a castle overlooking the city of
Plaue in
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
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(Germany).
History
* The burg was constructed in 1324 by the
Grafen von Schwarzburg.
* By the 16th century the burg was no longer in use and began to decay.
* In 1856 the first restoration of the walls began.
* In 1912 the Burg was sold and converted into an inn.
* Today it is a private residence.
Plan
The building consists of a central tower surrounded by a defensive wall.
Further reading
* Georg Dehio: ''
Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler'', Ausgabe für Thüringen.
Deutscher Kunstverlag
The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture, and historic preservation.
History
Deutscher Kunstverlag was fo ...
, München 2003, .
Castles in Thuringia
Buildings and structures in Ilm-Kreis
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