magically beautiful romantic and fairy tale castle with interesting background

navigate by keyword : 13th 837 andernach aquarium are background backgrounds beautiful bratislava bridge built caesar camp can castle century charlemagne charles city citynice colored colors commander conquered danube declined development division drusus empire established fall fish flag founded frankish his important interesting large later led likes lorraine lotar louis military model nafter nin part prospered rest rhine river rock roman romans rule ruled seat see snp son still tattoo today troops verdun view visible western when where which who woman

Magically beautiful romantic and fairy-tale castle with an interesting background Royalty Free Stock Photo

Magically beautiful romantic and fairy-tale castle with an interesting background

The first mention of the Altenburg was in 1109, although it is likely that it was built on the spot of an earlier palisade castle. It first served as what is known is German as a `Fliehburg`. This is a castle that was not regularly inhabited, but served mainly for city defense as a place where local residents could flee to in times of danger. In 1251, the Bamberg `FÃÂ¼rstbischÃÂ¶fe,` the sovereign bishops of Bamberg, acquired the castle. From 1305 to 1553, it was the residence of the bishops. In 1553, during the Second Margrave War, the army of Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, burned the castle down. Afterward the castle was used as a prison for a while. In 1801, the Bamberg physician Adalbert Friedrich Marcus acquired the decaying castle and restored it from the ground up. The author E. T. A. Hoffmann, who was friends with Marcus, felt so drawn to the castle that he frequently stayed for a long time in one of the wall towers during the years 1808 to 1813.