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Entrance to Schloss Braunfels from the town A view through the castle gates. During the Thirty Years' War, Braunfels Castle was contested and heavily damaged. [3] Due to his support for Frederick V, the Winter King, Count Johann Albrecht I of Solms-Braunfels was placed under Imperial ban, and in 1621, the castle was taken without resistance by Spanish troops on behalf of the emperor. [3]
The climatic spa of Braunfels lies at a height of some 100 m above the Lahn valley. It is 9 km southwest of Wetzlar, and 28 km northeast of Limburg an der Lahn.. Braunfels borders in the northwest on the town of Leun, in the north on the town of Solms, in the east on the community of Schöffengrund, in the southeast on the community of Waldsolms (all in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis), in the south on ...
Braunfels Castle. Main article: Castles in Lower Saxony. Imperial Palace of Goslar. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate Saarland;
Numerous castles (Burgen) and palaces (Schlösser) are found in the German state of Hesse.These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day.
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Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels, a German prince put in charge of the Adelsverein, ordered the construction of "Sophienburg" (transl. Sophie's castle) in 1845, named after his wife Princess Sophie. [2] [3] At that point, Sophienburg was a log fortress constructed on a hilltop in what became New Braunfels. [3]
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