{"id":16527,"date":"2016-02-18T12:39:07","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamp-point-80-regenstein-castle-ruins\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:42:44","slug":"stamp-point-80-regenstein-castle-ruins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-80-regenstein-castle-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 80 \/ Regenstein castle ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Regenstein Castle and Fortress (293&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level) was built on a&nbsp;sandstone rock north of Blankenburg and is a&nbsp;striking feature in the landscape of the Vorharz.<\/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=\"825\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Regenstein-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Regenstein-2.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Regenstein-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Regenstein-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Regenstein-2-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>The cas\u00adtle became famous above all through Count Albrecht II von Regen\u00adstein (1310\u20131349), who fre\u00adquent\u00adly had dis\u00adputes with the rulers of the sur\u00adround\u00ading towns, the Bish\u00adop of Hal\u00adber\u00adstadt and the Abbess of Quedlin\u00adburg in the 1330s. These sto\u00adries were roman\u00adti\u00adcized in the nov\u00adel \u201cThe Rob\u00adber Count\u201d by Julius Wolff. In the 15th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, the Regen\u00adstein fam\u00adi\u00adly of counts moved to Blanken\u00adburg Cas\u00adtle. The cas\u00adtle fell into dis\u00adre\u00adpair and became a&nbsp;ruin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The medieval cas\u00adtle com\u00adplex was expand\u00aded into a&nbsp;fortress by Prus\u00adsia from 1671. In 1736, light\u00adning struck the pow\u00adder tow\u00ader and severe\u00adly dam\u00adaged the fortress. In 1757, the French con\u00adquered the Regen\u00adstein. The Prus\u00adsians recap\u00adtured it just five months lat\u00ader on Feb\u00adru\u00adary 12, 1758 and ren\u00addered the facil\u00adi\u00adty unus\u00adable. The gun\u00adpow\u00adder store, which was locat\u00aded rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly high up, was blown up in the process. All that remains of the fortress are the case\u00admates, the rock\u00adwork and the restored entrance gate. Char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic are the many cave-like rooms carved into the rock, which today house an exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion of archae\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal finds from the cas\u00adtle area. Even the horse sta\u00adbles were carved into the&nbsp;rock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Johann Wolf\u00adgang von Goethe vis\u00adit\u00aded the Regen\u00adstein togeth\u00ader with the painter Georg Mel\u00adchior Kraus on Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 11, 1784 on his third trip to the Harz Moun\u00adtains to con\u00adduct geo\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal stud\u00adies. Two draw\u00adings and a&nbsp;rock sam\u00adple in Goethe\u2019s rock col\u00adlec\u00adtion com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrate this&nbsp;visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The Regen\u00adstein is one of the most inter\u00adest\u00ading cas\u00adtles in the Harz Moun\u00adtains. Con\u00adquer\u00ading the sand\u00adstone rock is an impres\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence. In addi\u00adtion to breath\u00adtak\u00ading panoram\u00adic views, even the youngest vis\u00adi\u00adtors will mar\u00advel at the struc\u00adture carved into the&nbsp;rock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The start\u00ading point for a&nbsp;vis\u00adit is the sign\u00adpost\u00aded park\u00ading lot below the cas\u00adtle, which is eas\u00adi\u00adly acces\u00adsi\u00adble from the A36. It is a&nbsp;good idea to first walk along the nar\u00adrow, sign\u00adpost\u00aded path to the left of the park\u00ading lot to the <g id=\"gid_0\">Regen\u00adstein\u00adm\u00fch\u00adle HWN 82<\/g> and the <g id=\"gid_1\">Sand\u00adh\u00f6hlen im Heers HWN 81<\/g>. From the sand caves, sev\u00ader\u00adal sign\u00adpost\u00aded paths lead up to the castle.&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.blankenburg-tourismus.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tourist infor\u00adma\u00adtion Blankenburg&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\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=\"https:\/\/harzer-bergwald.de\/index.php\/wandertouren\/abenteuertouren\/42-abenteuerland-regenstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tour tip Harz moun\u00adtain forest&nbsp;\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regen\u00adstein Cas\u00adtle and Fortress (293&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) was built on a&nbsp;sand\u00adstone rock north of Blanken\u00adburg and is a&nbsp;strik\u00ading fea\u00adture in the land\u00adscape of the Vorharz. The cas\u00adtle became famous above all through Count Albrecht II von Regen\u00adstein (1310\u20131349), who fre\u00adquent\u00adly had dis\u00adputes with the rulers of the sur\u00adround\u00ading towns, the Bish\u00adop of Hal\u00adber\u00adstadt and&nbsp;the&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11763,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10080,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[120],"class_list":["post-16527","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17242,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16527\/revisions\/17242"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}