14 Facts About Wartburg

Wartburg is a castle originally built in the Middle Ages.

Wartburg is the most-visited tourist attraction in Thuringia after Weimar.

In 1999, Wartburg Castle was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of its quintessential medieval architecture and its historical and religious significance.

Wartburg is located on a 410-meter precipice to the southwest of, and overlooking the town of Eisenach, in the state of Thuringia, Germany.

Together with its larger sister castle Neuenburg in the present-day town of Freyburg, the Wartburg secured the extreme borders of his traditional territories.

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From 1172 to 1211, the Wartburg was one of the most important princes' courts in the German Reich.

At the age of four, St Elisabeth of Hungary was sent by her mother to the Wartburg to be raised to become consort of Landgrave Ludwig IV of Thuringia.

Wartburg remained the seat of the Thuringian landgraves until 1440.

In 1922, the Wartburg Stiftung was established to ensure the castle's maintenance.

The Rustkammer of the Wartburg used to contain a notable collection of about 800 pieces, from the splendid armour of King Henry II of France, to the items of Frederick the Wise, Pope Julius II and Bernhard von Weimar.

Largest structure of the Wartburg is the Palas, originally built in late Romanesque style between 1157 and 1170.

The Wartburg's Sangersaal is the setting for Act II of Tannhauser.

Wartburg is a popular tourist destination, the most-visited site in Thuringia after Weimar.

Centuries, the Wartburg has been a place of pilgrimage for many people from within and outside Germany, for its significance in German history and in the development of Christianity.