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Old Falkenstein Castle
Burg Alt-Falkenstein
Falkenstein/Harz
View of the Selke valley from the castle site
Coordinates51°40′48″N 11°14′23″E / 51.68000°N 11.23972°E / 51.68000; 11.23972
Typehill castle
CodeDE-ST
Height335.6 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Conditioncastle ruins, circular ditch (Ringgraben), advance rampart (Vorwall), wall remnants
Site history
Built11th century A.D.

Old Falkenstein Castle (German: Burg Alter Falkenstein or Burg Alt-Falkenstein) in the Harz Mountains of Germany is the castle site or burgstall of a high medieval hill castle. It lies on the territory of Falkenstein/Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Harz. It was built in the 11th century A.D. and destroyed in 1115.

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