Henseleit TDR RC-Helicopter Videoflight | Burgruine Neu-Falkenstein 2012-09-16

Type: Interesting

Description:
The castle ruins of Neu-Falkenstein near Balsthal in the canton of Solothurn.

12th century. The castle was founded in the 12th century by the Lords of Falkenstein, who are not necessarily identical to the later Lords of Falkenstein. Towards the end of the 12th century, Neu-Falkenstein is mentioned as property of the Lords of Bechburg, who also had their castles in the vicinity of Balsthal and thus controlled the southern access to the pass of the Upper Hauenstein. From the early 13th century, a branch of this family named itself after the Falkenstein lordship. At that time, the castle was redesigned by adding a large defensive palace in the eastern part and a new,

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Video length: 04:03