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Our visit to Manderscheid and the two castles.
3 July 2006
  We parked in the village of Manderscheid and took the path down to the two castles.
The first castle you see from the path.

This castle is first historically mentioned in 973 and belonged to the Trier principality for many centuries.

The second castle (and larger of the two) viewed from the path.

The lower castle's existence was first documented in 1133.  The larger castle along with it's fortified valley settlement had strong ties to the duchy of Luxemburg.

The two castles were enemies for many centuries.

 

 
Looking up from the river (pictured below).
Christie crossing the shallow river.
  Nick pictured just before I lost my balance on a slimy rock.
The front side of the castle viewed from the restaurant we had lunch at.
 
Looking back down at where we just had lunch.

A view of the bridge and shallow river we crossed earlier.
 
A zoomed in picture of the other castle taken from the top of the other castle.		  
 
Another zoomed in photo of the village of Manderscheid from the top of the castle.

Looking back down at the castle from the top.
A non-zoomed photo to show how close the other castle is.
 
A good place to rest and enjoy the view.

 
A window view of the neighboring castle.

 
 
Walking around the outside perimeter of the castle.

Hiking up to the second castle.		  
 
A zoomed in view taken from the top of the other castle.

Looking back as we hike back into to the village.		  

Walking back into the village to find our car.
Cool statue in the center of town.

Related link:
Click here to view pictures of our visit to Manderscheid's Medieval Fest on 26 Aug 2006.