Burg Gräfenstein
Burg Gräfenstein is a ruined rock castle sitting high on a hilltop looking out over the lush forest. Gräfenstein Castle was built by the Saarbrücken counts, who had lost their fortress and were in need of a new one. Evidence for the exact date of the castle's building does not exist although the earliest record dates to 1237. In 1771, when the rule of the Counts of Baden-Baden ended, ownership of the castle passed into the hands of the government of Baden-Durlach. They held the castle until the French Revolution. The castle had at this point reached the crest of its glory, and after that it fell into ruins. (Merzalben, Germany)
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