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un:113_eisenach [2016-08-26]
nerfer Grammar, etc
un:113_eisenach [2016-08-26]
nerfer [Wartburg Castle]
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 ====Wartburg Castle==== ====Wartburg Castle====
 {{ :​un:​2016_de_wart02_drawbridge.jpg?​direct&​180|Drawbridge}} {{ :​un:​2016_de_wart02_drawbridge.jpg?​direct&​180|Drawbridge}}
-A UNESCO World Heritage site, this dates to 1067 AD, according to the stories. ​ I could include a dozen pictures easily, but since it isn't directly related to the Ungerechts, I'll just include a couple. ​ Here my son is under a walkway and a bona fide drawbridge - the only way in and out of the castle.  ​+A UNESCO World Heritage site, this dates to 1067 AD, according to the stories. ​ I could include a dozen pictures easily, but since it isn't directly related to the Ungerechts, I'll just include a couple.  It was built for defense, on top of a hill, but was never besieged, other than by time and neglect in the 1600's and 1700'​s. ​ Because of its connection to Martin Luther and general importance, it was refurbished in the 1800's.  Here my son is under a walkway and a bona fide drawbridge - the only way in and out of the castle.  ​
  
-{{:​un:​2016_de_wart03_lookingup.jpg?​direct&​200|Wartburg Castle}}+{{:​un:​2016_de_wart03_lookingup.jpg?​direct&​210|Wartburg Castle}}
 <= Looking up at the castle from under the drawbridge. <= Looking up at the castle from under the drawbridge.
  
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