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Today, the ruins and their surroundings offer a picturesque backdrop for events such as the annual Christmas market and the Falkenstein summer tours. Falkenstein appears for the first time in 891 as "falconolai" together with several new settlements and the central "winidowilare", a turning village, which is now known as Winnweiler.
The mighty border fortress built around 1050 on a limestone cliff above the romantic wine village of Falkenstein is today the most famous castle ruin in the Weinviertel with a fantastic view. Particularly worth seeing are a natural limestone cave, historic vaults with artefacts and documentation on the history of the Anabaptist movement, and a ...
Falkenstein Castle was one of the seven castles that secured the possessions of the County of Vianden in the Middle Ages, which at the time was as large as the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg today. The castle is now privately owned and cannot be visited.
Auf unserer Cabriotour am Donnersberg kamen wir an der sehr schöne Burg Falkenstein im Ort Falkenstein zwischen Winnweiler und Rockenhausen gelegen vorbei. Von der Burgruine hat man eine schöne Sicht über das Tal.
The remnants of the once majestic Falkenstein Castle, built on a former volcanic vent, sit impressively atop a rocky ledge above the region. First mentioned in 1135 and probably irrecoverably destroyed between 1664 and 1666 following an eventful history, the castle ruins are now a popular ...
Burgruine Falkenstein - Mondscheintouren und Mittelalter-Spectaculum. Durch das wildromantische Falkensteiner Tal und entlang der steilsten innerörtlichen Hauptstraße mit bis zu 25% Steigung wird selbst die Anfahrt nach Falkenstein zu einem rekordverdächtigen Erlebnis.
The Falkenstein Castle is enthroned above the same-named village directly on the Donnersberg in the municipality of Winnweiler. The hilltop castle dates back to the Middle Ages (around 1135) and was part of the imperial estate of the for - mer kings and emperors of the region. Since its destruction in 1794, Falkenstein Castle has been in ruins.
