{"id":16805,"date":"2016-02-18T11:43:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T10:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-197-anhalt-castle-ruins\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:12:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:12:31","slug":"stamp-point-197-anhalt-castle-ruins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/stamping-points\/overview-map\/stamp-point-197-anhalt-castle-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp point 197 \/ Anhalt castle ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ruins of Anhalt Castle are located high above the Selke Valley on the local mountain (397&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea level) between M\u00e4gdesprung and Falkenstein Castle.<\/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=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burgruine-Anhalt-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"><\/span><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Anhalt Cas\u00adtle was first men\u00adtioned around 1140 when it was destroyed dur\u00ading a&nbsp;feud between the Arch\u00adbish\u00adop of Magde\u00adburg and Mar\u00adgrave Kon\u00adrad of Meis\u00adsen. The Ascan\u00adian Albrecht I&nbsp;of Bran\u00adden\u00adburg, bet\u00adter known as \u201cAlbrecht the Bear\u201d, had the cas\u00adtle rebuilt in the fol\u00adlow\u00ading years. The new con\u00adstruc\u00adtion made the cas\u00adtle one of the largest for\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions in the entire Harz region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Today, only the remains of the keep and parts of the cas\u00adtle chapel can still be seen, but a&nbsp;mod\u00adel of the cas\u00adtle can be found on Bal\u00adlen\u00adst\u00adedt Cas\u00adtle Square. As the cas\u00adtle gave its name to the state of Sax\u00adony-Anhalt, the cas\u00adtle grounds were opened to the pub\u00adlic in 2012 to mark the state\u2019s 800th anniversary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The short\u00adest start\u00ading point for a&nbsp;hike to the cas\u00adtle ruins is the park\u00ading lot in front of the Selkem\u00fch\u00adle, which can be reached from M\u00e4gde\u00adsprung. From the for\u00admer inn, cross the Selke and walk steadi\u00adly uphill along a&nbsp;sign\u00adpost\u00aded hol\u00adlow path to the cas\u00adtle&nbsp;ruins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ruins of Anhalt Cas\u00adtle are locat\u00aded high above the Selke Val\u00adley on the local moun\u00adtain (397&nbsp;m&nbsp;above sea lev\u00adel) between M\u00e4gde\u00adsprung and Falken\u00adstein Cas\u00adtle. Anhalt Cas\u00adtle was first men\u00adtioned around 1140 when it was destroyed dur\u00ading a&nbsp;feud between the Arch\u00adbish\u00adop of Magde\u00adburg and Mar\u00adgrave Kon\u00adrad of Meis\u00adsen. The Ascan\u00adian Albrecht I&nbsp;of Bran\u00adden\u00adburg, bet\u00adter known&nbsp;as&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12162,"parent":16744,"menu_order":10197,"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":1,"footnotes":""},"hf_cat_page":[120],"class_list":["post-16805","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16805","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=16805"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17679,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16805\/revisions\/17679"}],"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\/12162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"hf_cat_page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harzer-wandernadel.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hf_cat_page?post=16805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}