Burg Lauenburg
Castle in Thale, Germany, dating from 1164
The Lauenburg is a ruined medieval castle in the East Harz in central Germany situated on an elevation southwest of the village of Stecklenberg (in the borough of Thale) in Harz district in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The castle was built in the High Middle Ages. The ruins of the Lauenburg stand on a foothill of the Ramberg massif above the village of Stecklenberg. It was built by Henry IV and first mentioned in the records in 1164. The construction of the two-part castle with its inner and outer wards (Vorburg and Hauptburg) probably too
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- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1164
- Where:
- Thale, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 51.73°N, 11.08°E
More places nearby
- Stecklenburg (0.6 km)
- Kirche Stecklenberg (0.7 km)
- St. Katharina (Neinstedt) (2.5 km)
- Neue Kirche Bad Suderode (2.8 km)
- Lindenhofskirche (2.8 km)
- Alte Kirche Bad Suderode (3.0 km)
- Stiftskirche St. Cyriakus (3.8 km)
- Kanonissenstift Gernrode (3.8 km)
- Sankt-Petri-Kirche (3.9 km)
- Kanonissenstift Wendhusen (Thale) (4.0 km)
- St. Andreas (4.0 km)
- Sankt-Stephanus-Kirche (4.0 km)
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