{"id":16799,"date":"2016-02-18T11:10:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T10:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-208-grillenburg-castle-ruins\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:25:49","slug":"stamp-point-208-grillenburg-castle-ruins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-208-grillenburg-castle-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 208 \/ Grillenburg castle ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ruins of Grillenburg Castle are located east of the Sangerhausen district and state-approved resort of Grillenburg.<\/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=\"595\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Grillenburg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Grillenburg.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Grillenburg-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Grillenburg-250x163.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Gril\u00adlen\u00adberg was first men\u00adtioned as ear\u00adly as the 9th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in a&nbsp;direc\u00adto\u00adry of the Hers\u00adfeld monastery as a&nbsp;place \u201cCorile\u00addorpf\u201d sub\u00adject to tithes. In 1217, today\u2019s ruins were first men\u00adtioned in doc\u00adu\u00adments as \u201cBurg Grel\u00adlen\u00adberch\u201d, which served to pro\u00adtect the Sanger\u00adh\u00e4user Mulde. The use of brick as a&nbsp;build\u00ading mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly noteworthy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>In a&nbsp;feud in 1361, the cas\u00adtle and the town were cap\u00adtured by the Count of Mans\u00adfeld, who had to give every\u00adthing back just one year lat\u00ader. Dur\u00ading the siege of the cas\u00adtle, the local farm\u00aders suf\u00adfered great dam\u00adage, so that they were exempt\u00aded from all ser\u00advices and duties for three&nbsp;years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>In 1366, the cas\u00adtle came into the pos\u00adses\u00adsion of Duke Mag\u00adnus of Brunswick. From 1485 to 1547, the cas\u00adtle was giv\u00aden as a&nbsp;fief to the von Morun\u00adgen fam\u00adi\u00adly and then revert\u00aded to the Sax\u00adon office of Sanger\u00adhausen. It is assumed that the cas\u00adtle slow\u00adly fell into dis\u00adre\u00adpair after this time but was still inhab\u00adit\u00aded at&nbsp;times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Gril\u00adlen\u00adberg was affect\u00aded by the witch hunt from 1607\u20131614. Dorothea Krause was caught up in a&nbsp;witch tri\u00adal and was burned to death in 1608. In 1614, a&nbsp;woman resist\u00aded tor\u00adture twice and was expelled from the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The best start\u00ading point for a&nbsp;hike to Gril\u00adlen\u00adburg Cas\u00adtle is the park\u00ading lot at the for\u00adest pool in Gril\u00adlen\u00adberg. From there, fol\u00adlow the sign\u00adpost\u00aded hik\u00ading trail to the cas\u00adtle&nbsp;ruins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruins of Gril\u00adlen\u00adburg Cas\u00adtle are locat\u00aded east of the Sanger\u00adhausen dis\u00adtrict and state-approved resort of Gril\u00adlen\u00adburg. Gril\u00adlen\u00adberg was first men\u00adtioned as ear\u00adly as the 9th cen\u00adtu\u00adry in a&nbsp;direc\u00adto\u00adry of the Hers\u00adfeld monastery as a&nbsp;place \u201cCorile\u00addorpf\u201d sub\u00adject to tithes. 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