Scharzfels Castle (German: Burgruine Scharzfels) is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It lies in a wood on a ridge about 150 m above the Oder valley. For centuries after its construction in the 10th or 11th century it remained an impregnable fortress. The inner ward is built on a dolomite rock outcrop about 20 m high. The castle was first captured after a siege in 1761 during the Seven Years' War and then blown up.
The upper ward on a dolomite rock outcrop and its access stairway
ScharzfelsCastle (German: Burgruine Scharzfels) is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg...
Dorothea's lady-in-waiting and close confidant, was imprisoned in 1695 in ScharzfelsCastle in the borough of Herzberg am Harz. After two years of solitary confinement...
grassland) with views over Scharzfeld near the Steinkirche Unicorn Cave ScharzfelsCastle ruins Großer Knollen and its pub Uwe Ohainski; Jürgen Udolph (2000)...
Königsburg, Scharzfels. In addition to these defensive structures, palatial castles (Schlösser) were also built, such as Herzberg Castle, Blankenburg Castle, Stolberg...
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