Wartburg Castle

Wartburg Castle, built on a high rock near the German city of Eisenach, is a beautiful medieval castle, once belonging to the noble Ludoving family. The castle was built in 1067 and was subsequently rebuilt and reconstructed several times. As a result, a beautiful architectural ensemble was formed, combining elements of Romanesque style and Gothic, Renaissance and historicism.

Many legends and legends are associated with the castle. According to one of them in the thirteenth century, the famous battle of singers was held here - a minstrel competition in which the loser was waiting for death. However, the hapless singer managed to avoid a sad fate, and on the basis of this plot, Wagner created his famous opera Tannhäuser. The Hall of the Minstrels is undoubtedly one of the most luxuriously decorated halls of the castle.

Interestingly, Martin Luther, one of the initiators of the Reformation, was hiding in the castle from persecution of the Catholic Church. There is a room in the castle where Luther lived. According to legend, the devil himself appeared to Luther, but the philosopher expelled Satan, launching an inkwell into him. True or not, it was in the castle that Luther translated the Bible into German.

Today the castle receives daily hundreds of tourists from all over the world - here you can see the beautiful interiors of one of the few surviving Romanesque palaces, the castle museum has a large collection of tapestries, silver utensils, ancient musical instruments.