Stamping station 100 / Ebersburg

The ruins of Ebersburg Castle (410 m above sea level) are located on a hilltop projecting to the south to the north of Hermannsacker.

The cas­tle was prob­a­bly built between 1181 and 1183. In 1199, Hein­rich von Evers­berch appears as a mar­shal of the Land­grave of Thuringia. In 1216, the land­grave issues a doc­u­ment on the Ebersburg. 

The ground plan of the main cas­tle is a dis­placed rec­tan­gle, approx. 45 x 60 m in size. The mighty, round keep with a diam­e­ter of 12.7 m and a wall thick­ness of 4.5 m is locat­ed in the inner court­yard. The cas­tle is divid­ed into the out­er and low­er cas­tle, as well as the upper cas­tle with palas and keep. 

After 1587, the cas­tle was aban­doned and fell into dis­re­pair. The cas­tle ruins are now being pre­served by the “Asso­ci­a­tion for the Liv­ing Mid­dle Ages”

A good start­ing point is the park­ing lot at the Gasthaus zur Sägemüh­le, which can be reached from Hermannsacker.

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