Frauenstein
Wooded hilltop site of a vanished medieval castle, marked by a deep ditch and a royal memorial.
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This guide to Frauenstein, a vanished castle on the hillside above Hohenschwangau near Füssen, follows the Lords of Schwangau, a family that built four castles and also wrote songs. It reaches back to a crusading-era knight whose portrait sits in a famous medieval songbook, and forward to a one-eyed Tyrolean poet who married into the family. Best heard standing at the edge of the old ditch on the plateau.
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