Kronenburg: a lovely Medieval Ruin
When I visit a ruin, my imagination turns on. I think about all the balls that were once held inside these walls without a roof. The lively court with a count, knights, priests, jesters and ladies. A place that once held banquets with the leaders of medieval Europe. The ruin of Kronenburg is exactly that kind of ruin. a Little History There isn’t much known about the ruin, as the castle is abandoned since the last knight of Kronenburg died. The thing we do know about it, is that the castle had been a noble residence since 1277. However, the building had probably been built before it became a noble residence. It belonged to the gentlemen of Kronenburg. They were of nobility and lived in the castle until the fifteenth century. After this it switched counts 5 times. Those counts didn’t live there so the castle ended up becoming a ruin. Today, the ruin is still visitable. It is surrounded with an old village with mostly buildings from the sixteenth century. When I was there, I slept
