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

in the castle opposite the ruin. Unfortunately, that castle was built in

1766 so not suited for the blog. I do recommend it also, it’s very beautiful!

Here’s my little photo series of this piece of history, so you can imagine

how life was like 600 years ago in this German mountain village.