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Waldeck Castle (Black Forest)
The Ruins of Waldeck, a spur castle, are located above the river Nagold near the town of Calw, Germany. They appear to be dated from the 12th century, but their exact origin is not well documented. The ruins are within the Black Forest The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is th ..., and the forest has partly covered the site, but there is still a well defined structure, the inside of which can be accessed by foot. External links *http://www.schwarzaufweiss.de/Schwarzwald/waldeck.htm {{Authority control Ruined castles in Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burgruine Waldeck (1)
Waldeck Castle may refer to the following castles: Austria * Waldeck Castle (Carinthia) near Liebenfels-Hardegg in Carinthia * Waldeck Castle (Upper Austria), ''burgstall'' near Diersbach in Upper Austria Czech Republic * Waldeck Castle (Middle Bohemia) near Chaloupky in Middle Bohemia Germany * Waldeck Castle (Black Forest) in Kohlerstal, Calw, Landkreis Calw, Baden-Württemberg * Waldeck Castle (Hunsrück) in Dorweiler, Dommershausen, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate * Waldeck Castle (Lorch), near Lorch in the Rheingau, Hesse * Waldeck Castle (Upper Palatinate), overlooking Waldeck, near Kemnath, Bavaria * Waldeck Castle (Dinkelsbühl), lost castle near Dinkelsbühl, Middle Franconia, Bavaria * , also called Schloss Waldeck, in Waldeck, Hesse Waldeck () is a small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district in northwestern Hesse, Germany. Its located near the Edersee, which is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. Geography Location Waldeck lies on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spur Castle
A spur castle is a type of medieval fortification that is sited on a spur (mountain), spur of a hill or mountain for defensive purposes. Ideally, it would be protected on three sides by steep hillsides; the only vulnerable side being that where the spur joins the hill from which it projects. By contrast, a ridge castle is only protected by steep terrain on two sides. Description A spur castle was one of several types of hill castle. Depending on the local topography, a spur castle may have relied mainly on its inaccessible position or may have integrated further features such as shield walls and towers into the defences. In addition castle builders may have improved the natural defences of the terrain by hewing into them to make the hillsides harder to climb and reduce the risk of landslide. A classic feature is the neck ditch, cutting off the spur from the rest of the hill. A long spur castle is sometimes, but not always, subdivided into a lower ward (fortification), ward and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagold (river)
The Nagold () is a river in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. A tributary of the Enz, it gave its name to the town of Nagold. It merges with the smaller Enz in the town centre of Pforzheim. Physical geography General The Nagold is 90.7 kilometres in length and has its source in Urnagold in the municipality of Seewald in the Northern Black Forest and flows in an easterly direction past Nagold, Calw and Liebenzell and joins the Enz in Pforzheim, near what is now the Parkhotel Pforzheim. The Nagold flows mainly through the Black Forest. Around the town of Nagold (between Rohrdorf (Black Forest), Rohrdorf and Pfrondorf (Nagold), Pfrondorf) it flows through the Heckengäu region. At the Pforzheimer Kupferhammer, it enters the Pforzheim Enz Valley, which, like the Heckengäu, also belongs to the natural region of the Gäu (Baden-Württemberg), Gäu. The Nagold is regarded by convention as a tributary of Enz. However, it carries more water than the upper course of the Enz at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calw
Calw (; previously pronounced and sometimes spelled Kalb accordingly; ) is a Landstadt, town in the middle of Baden-Württemberg in the south of Germany, capital and largest town of the Calw (district), district Calw. It is located in the Northern Black Forest and is approximately south of Pforzheim and west of Stuttgart. It has the status of a ''große Kreisstadt.'' Geography Location Calw is located in the valley of the Nagold (river), Nagold in the Northern Black Forest at an altitude between above sea level. The historic centre lies west of the river. The newer parts of town have developed on the surrounding slopes. The following streams also exist within the town: the Tälesbach, Ziegelbach, Wurstbrunnenbach, Schießbach (Nagold), Schießbach, Schlittenbach und Schweinbach. In the northern part of the town, on the western slope of the Nagold valley is the cave known as the Bruderhöhle. Neighbouring Communities The following towns and communities (''Gemeinde (Germany), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Forest
The Black Forest ( ) is a large forested mountain range in the States of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg in southwest Germany, bounded by the Rhine Valley to the west and south and close to the borders with France and Switzerland. It is the source of the Danube and Neckar rivers. Its highest peak is the Feldberg (Black Forest), Feldberg with an elevation of above sea level. Roughly oblong in shape, with a length of and breadth of up to , it has an area of about . Historically, the area was known for forestry and the mining of ore deposits, but tourism has now become the primary industry, accounting for around 300,000 jobs. There are Baroque fortifications in the Black Forest, several ruined military fortifications dating back to the 17th century. History In ancient times, the Black Forest was known as , after the Celtic deity, Abnoba. In Roman times (Late antiquity), it was given the name ("Marcynian Forest", from the Germanic word ''marka'', "border"). The Black ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
