| LC control no. | sh2013002807 |
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| Corporate name heading | Reichsburg Kyffhausen (Germany) |
| Variant(s) | Burg Kyffhausen (Germany) Kyffhausen Castle (Germany) Schloss Kyffhausen (Germany) |
| See also | Castles--Germany |
| Found in | Work cat.: Rödger, R. Der Kyffhäuser, 2013: pages 10, 14-15 (Reichsburg Kyffhausen, also Burg Kyffhausen, Schloss Kyffhausen; originally completed during the reign of emperor Heinrich IV [11th cent.], first mentioned in sources 1118, besieged and destroyed in struggles between Heinrich V and his successor Duke Lothar von Supplinburg; reconstruction began in the 20s/30s of the 12th cent. and completed during the reign of Barbarossa; with the demise of the Staufen line, the fortress complex fell into ruin, noted in the 15th cent. in a dilapidated, wasted condition) Thuringia visit-Thuringia.com website, Sept. 29, 2013 (Kyffhausen Castle; Reichsburg Kyffhausen; developed as one of the biggest castle complexes in Germany around 1150; along approx. 600 meters of the Kyffhäuser mountains, 3 connected castles were built) German Wikipedia, Sept. 29, 2013: "Reichsburg Kyffhausen" (Reichsburg Kyffhausen; a medieval, ruined castle in the Kyffhäuser Mountains on the Kyffhäuserburgberg in a subdistrict of the community Steinhaleben near the city Bad Frankenhausen in Kyffhäuserkreis, Thuringia; contains 3 individual castles (the Ober-, Mittel- and Unterburg) separated by trenches; more than 600 meters long and ca. 60 meters wide, it is one of the largest fortress complexes in Germany; the ruins have played a significant in subsequent German national folklore; much of the Oberburg ruins were destroyed in construction of the Kyffhäuserdenkmal 1890-1898; archaeological excavations in the 1930s led to the site being secured and rendered a national treasure) Wikipedia, Sept. 29, 2013: "Kyffhäuser" (range of hills located on the border of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt; Reichsburg Kyffhausen completed under Emperor Frederick Barbarossa) |
| Not found in | Castles of the world; Cities and buildings database, Oct. 18, 2013 |
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