The park around this castle must have been a totally magic place. After an hour walk there my severely damaged knee recovered almost completely and my mood improved almost to happiness
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Hohenstein Castle outside of Coburg was first mentioned in 1306. In 1525 that castle was destroyed to the ground in a peasant uprising. Shortly after that the new one was build some 50 metres to the west from the ruins. During the Thirty Years' War the new castle was plundered and severely damaged by Swedes but was restored after the war. During
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Russian wooden architecture is surely irresistable but a German museum must also have something German as well. Dorfplatz is a place where the museum owner collected some buildings that you might find in a proper German village.