Krayenburg
Castle in Bad Salzungen, Germany, dating from 1150
The Krayenburg was a castle situated on the Krayenberg hill in Germany, having the townships of Tiefenort and Merkers-Kieselbach at its foot, and overlooking an extensive section of the Werratal. On 31 August 786 Charlemagne gave the village of Dorndorf and all of its belongings to Hersfeld Abbey; the abbey built the Krayenburg to protect it. The castle changed ownership repeatedly. It was owned by Graf Adam von Beichlingen, who died on 7 August 1538 and is buried in the church in Tiefenort. The Thirty Years' War started the destruction of the castle when Croatian troops (under Johann Ludwig H
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- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1150
- Where:
- Bad Salzungen, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 50.84°N, 10.13°E
More places nearby
- Kirche Kieselbach (0.5 km)
- Burgstelle Schlösschen (Tiefenort) (0.6 km)
- Kirche Merkers (1.7 km)
- Peterskirche (Tiefenort) (2.7 km)
- St.-Joseph-der-Arbeiter (2.8 km)
- Friedhofskapelle (2.9 km)
- Dorfkirche Dorndorf (3.0 km)
- Burgstelle Schlösschen (Unterrohn) (3.7 km)
- Schloss Feldeck (4.1 km)
- St. Marien (4.7 km)
- Dorfkirche Leimbach (5.3 km)
- Stadtkirche Stadtlengsfeld (6.0 km)
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