CastleGroßbodungen

Großbodungen Castle

Museum, Cultural center, The Castle can be visited.

Burg Großbodungen, also known as Schloss Großbodungen, is a former moated castle in the village center of Großbodungen in the Eichsfeld district of Thuringia. Its watchtower is considered the landmark of the town.

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The origins of Großbodungen Castle date back to the 13th century, when it was built by the Lords of Bodungen as a defensive structure. In 1329, the owners expanded the castle with a stone residential building featuring a fireplace. By 1417 at the latest, the Lords of Bodungen, who served as ministeriales of the Mainz bishops, gave up the castle and its associated fiefs. The complex passed into the possession of the Counts of Hohnstein, who sold it in the 16th century to Hans von Berlepsch. He was the son of the Wartburg captain who offered refuge to Martin Luther at the Wartburg.

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