The Trageburg is a

ruined Ruins () are the remains of a civilization's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate ...

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

immediately next to the Rappbode Pre-Dam in the

Harz Mountains The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

of Germany. It is located near Trautenstein in the district of

Harz The Harz () is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region, and its rugged terrain extends across parts of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. The name ''Harz'' derives from the Middle High German ...

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it the ...

. Its purpose, like that of the nearby Susenburg, was to protect an old long-distance trade route that ran north–south over the Harz. The

Trogfurth Bridge The Trogfurt(h) Bridge (german: Trogfurther Brücke), also called the Great Trogfurt(h) Bridge (''(Große) Trogfurt(h)er Brücke'') was an historical cultural monument in the Harz Mountains of Germany. It was built in 1739/40 as a stone bridge, bl ...

also belonged to this road system. The Trageburg is checkpoint no. 52 in the

Harzer Wandernadel The Harzer Wandernadel is a system of hiking awards in the Harz mountains in central Germany. The hiker (or mountain biker) can earn awards at different levels of challenge by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and stamping his or ...

hiking badge system.The Trageburg on the Harzer Wandernadel website
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Artist's impression
by Wolfgang Braun * Castles in Saxony-Anhalt Harz (district) {{Coord, 51, 42, 24, N, 10, 47, 37, E, type:landmark_region:DE-ST, display=title