Castle Ehrenfels - Why is it a ruin today?
Ehrenfels, located in the UNESCO world heritage location of the upper middle Rhine valley, was built in 1211 and destroyed in 1689. Here we research a few more details about its history.
Burg Ehrenfels ist eine Ruine im UNESCO Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal. Sie wurde 1211 erbaut und hat eine bewegte Geschichte bis zu ihrer Zerstörung im Jahr 1689. Hier versuchen wir, etwas mehr heraus zu finden.
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Interesting, thank you for the video.
awesome video! 👏
@MattMesserPics
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Thanks!
@c-historia
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@@MattMesserPics have a nice day!
It's a beautiful, beautiful region. Part of my DNA. And the name of the castle itself translates into something even more beautiful
@MattMesserPics
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Glad you like it, thanks! It's only a few miles down the road from me. Perhaps I should do some more on those local monuments...
I am surprised that the castle survived siege in the C17 without destruction, given the availability of cannon and the beautiful target the wall and towers facing uphill presented. In England during what is termed the Civil War (there were, however, several previous ones but without capitalsation) many castles were slighted and left ruinous.
@MattMesserPics
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That is actually a very good point. If we compare it with, say, the way Chepstow Castle was breached by cannon in 1647 (was that the year?) , one should say that a proper artillery attack should have pretty much pulverised Ehrenfels. Remember that Chepstow was heavily fortified against artillery by that time and only withstood three days of cannon fire. I have to read a bit more in my old books, but I recall that the sieges in the thirty year war were ended by surrender through famine and the attackers were interested in it as a fortress for their own purposes, so perhaps didn't want to cause too much damage.