Can you enter the Ruine Brandenfels?

No, access to the site is prohibited due to the risk of collapse.

How do you get to the Ruine Brandenfels?

It is reached on foot from the L3243 road via a roughly one-kilometre forest track, marked as the Werra-Burgen-Steig Hessen and the Wartburgpfad.

When was the Brandenfels castle built?

It was built in the mid 13th century.

Who owned the Ruine Brandenfels?

Several co-owning noble families shared it until 1550, when the Treusch von Buttlar became sole owners.

Is there parking near the Ruine Brandenfels?

The available facts do not mention a dedicated parking area.

Brandenfels

Herleshausen

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Ruine Brandenfels stands in Herleshausen (Werra-Meißner-Kreis), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Ruine Brandenfels stands on a spur of the Schloßberg in the Ringgau hills, near Markershausen, a hamlet belonging to the municipality of Herleshausen. Built in the mid 13th century, it was long shared among several co-owning noble families before passing entirely to the Treusch von Buttlar in 1550. What remains traces an irregular quadrangular layout, guarded on the west and north by carved ditches, with the steep slope of the hill protecting the other sides. Across the Werra valley, in Thuringia, the related ruin of the Brandenburg can be seen from the heights nearby.

Where this château is

Herleshausen · Werra-Meißner-Kreis · Hessen

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Unnamed Road, 37293 Herleshausen

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Hessen

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Can you enter the Ruine Brandenfels?: No, access to the site is prohibited due to the risk of collapse.
How do you get to the Ruine Brandenfels?: It is reached on foot from the L3243 road via a roughly one-kilometre forest track, marked as the Werra-Burgen-Steig Hessen and the Wartburgpfad.
When was the Brandenfels castle built?: It was built in the mid 13th century.
Who owned the Ruine Brandenfels?: Several co-owning noble families shared it until 1550, when the Treusch von Buttlar became sole owners.
Is there parking near the Ruine Brandenfels?: The available facts do not mention a dedicated parking area.