{"id":16412,"date":"2016-02-19T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T10:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamp-point-98-hohnstein-ruins\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:42:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:42:55","slug":"stamp-point-98-hohnstein-ruins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-98-hohnstein-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 98 \/ Hohnstein ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The imposing ruins of the almost 900-year-old Hohnstein Castle rise above the small Harz town of Neustadt on a&nbsp;porphyry cone.<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-image alignwide stk-block-image stk-block stk-89e1006\" data-block-id=\"89e1006\"><style>.stk-89e1006 {margin-top:3% !important;margin-bottom:3% !important;}<\/style><figure><span class=\"stk-img-wrapper stk-image--shape-stretch stk--has-lightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burg-Hohnstein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burg-Hohnstein.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burg-Hohnstein-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burg-Hohnstein-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Kon\u00adrad von Sanger\u00adhausen built it around 1200 and the heav\u00adi\u00adly for\u00adti\u00adfied com\u00adplex became the ances\u00adtral cas\u00adtle of the Counts of Hohn\u00adstein. For over 500&nbsp;years, the cas\u00adtle was home to a&nbsp;rich vari\u00adety of life. After fierce bat\u00adtles and var\u00adi\u00adous destruc\u00adtions in the Coun\u00adty of Hohn\u00adstein dur\u00ading the Fle\u00adgler War from 1412 to 1415, the Counts of Stol\u00adberg took over Hohn\u00adstein Cas\u00adtle in 1417. In 1627, dur\u00ading the tur\u00admoil of the Thir\u00adty Years\u2019 War, Vitz\u00adtum von Eck\u00adst\u00e4dt destroyed this large cas\u00adtle com\u00adplex in the Harz Moun\u00adtains with an arson attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Since then, we can only expe\u00adri\u00adence it as a&nbsp;ruin. How\u00adev\u00ader, you can dream among the ruins and let your imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion wan\u00adder through the cen\u00adturies. Enjoy your time at Hohn\u00adstein Castle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The inn at the cas\u00adtle was built in 1908 and exten\u00adsive\u00adly ren\u00ado\u00advat\u00aded in 2000. Under the mot\u00adto <em>\u201cA guest in anoth\u00ader time\u201d <\/em>, guests are treat\u00aded to prince\u00adly hospitality.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burghohnstein.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hohn\u00adstein Castle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>You can hike to Hohn\u00adstein Cas\u00adtle from the park\u00ading lots around Neustadt on well-sign\u00adpost\u00aded&nbsp;paths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impos\u00ading ruins of the almost 900-year-old Hohn\u00adstein Cas\u00adtle rise above the small Harz town of Neustadt on a&nbsp;por\u00adphyry cone. Kon\u00adrad von Sanger\u00adhausen built it around 1200 and the heav\u00adi\u00adly for\u00adti\u00adfied com\u00adplex became the ances\u00adtral cas\u00adtle of the Counts of Hohn\u00adstein. For over 500&nbsp;years, the cas\u00adtle was home to a&nbsp;rich vari\u00adety of life. 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