Old Falkenstein Castle
| Old Falkenstein Castle | |
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| Burg Alt-Falkenstein | |
| Falkenstein/Harz | |
View of the Selke valley from the castle site
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| Coordinates | 51°40′48″N 11°14′23″E / 51.68000°N 11.23972°E |
| Type | hill castle |
| Code | DE-ST |
| Height | 335.6 m above sea level (NN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | castle ruins, circular ditch (Ringgraben), advance rampart (Vorwall), wall remnants |
| Site history | |
| Built | 11th 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.
The ruins of Old Falkenstein are located in the eastern Harz region of Mansfeld Land between Mägdesprung (north of Harzgerode) and Meisdorf (southwest of Falkenstein/Harz) on a rocky ridge (335.6 m above sea level (NN)) above the valley of the River Selke. In the forested landscape of the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park, it lies within the nature reserve of Selketal ("Selke Valley") about 1.25 kilometres (0.78 mi) northwest of the Köhlerhütte, which itself is northwest of Pansfelde near Kreisstraße 1344. From there woodland paths run over the Hirschplatte, up to 364.2 m above NN, to the ruins.
About 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) east-northeast lies New Falkenstein Castle, a preserved medieval ridgetop castle.
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