Liebenstein Castle (Thuringia)
The love stone castle is a ruined castle spur above the Thuringian village of love stone in Ilm-Kreis. It is located on the northern slope of the valley of the Wild Gera.
History
The castle was probably built in the 12th century by the beetle burgers. The first lords of the manor were the lords of love ministeriales stone before the castle in 1369 fell to the Ludowinger. 1434 were the lords of joke life owner of the castle, which she extensions to a residential castle mid-16th century. Later, the plant fell slowly and served as a quarry of the villagers.
Plant
The castle is one of the Ehrenburg castle and the Ehrenstein -like plant, which consists of a rectangular hall and a tower and is surrounded by a protective ring wall. In addition, insisting on the west side constructions, was facing a Verteidigungshof from the 14th/15th. Century, there is an additional round tower.
Today, large parts of the castle have been preserved and freely accessible.