Burg Ludwigstein
Castle in Witzenhausen, Germany, dating from 1415
Ludwigstein Castle (German: Burg Ludwigstein) is a 15th-century castle overlooking the river Werra and surrounded by woodland. It stands southwest of the town of Witzenhausen in North Hesse. Founded in 1415 the castle's buildings today were built in the 16th and 20th centuries. It was allowed to go to ruin in the late 19th century. After the First World War, the Wandervogel and German Youth Movement joined together to save the castle. In 1920 they founded the Jugendburg Ludwigstein Association to buy the structure, renovate it, and erect a memorial to the fifty thousand Wandervogel who had bee
From Ludwigstein Castle on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1415
- Where:
- Witzenhausen, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 51.32°N, 9.91°E
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