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Hanstein Castle

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Hanstein Castle in Germany
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Hanstein Castle is a ruined castle in Central Germany near Bornhagen in the Eichsfeld, situated above the river Werra in Thuringia. The name of the nobles von Hansteins, most notable Fritz Huschke von Hanstein, derived from the castle.

Text adapted from “Hanstein Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hanstein Castle ranks #2,857 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #213 of the 254 mapped in Germany. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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