Burg Glauburg, Medieval castle ruins on Glauberg hill, Germany
Burg Glauburg is a medieval castle ruin sitting on a basalt ridge in the Wetterau region. The remaining walls show defensive structures, basement rooms, and a ground level with a Romanesque arch.
The castle was built in the Middle Ages as part of a defensive network in the Wetterau region and served as the seat of a Frankfurt family. It was destroyed in 1256 and never rebuilt afterward.
The name comes from the families who lived here in the past. Today you can see traces of how residents built homes attached to the inner walls and used this space daily.
Visitors can explore a reconstructed gate structure and see a five-meter-deep cistern that collected rainwater for inhabitants. The hill offers walking paths with open access to the grounds.
The foundations of an entire row of houses on the northern side reveal that a large settlement thrived here, not just a fortress. Excavations have uncovered many residential cellars that show how much ordinary daily life happened within these walls.
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