Schleswig, Germany
c. 770 AD
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
10000 BC
Schelklingen, Germany
40,000-30,000 BC
Trier, Germany
0-200 AD
Trier, Germany
2nd century AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Boppard, Germany
360 AD
Mainz, Germany
1st century AD
Mainz, Germany
0-100 AD
Garz, Germany
8th-9th century
Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
1st century AD
Arkona, Germany
9th century AD
Walting, Germany
90 AD
Welzheim, Germany
160 AD
Perl, Germany
2nd century AD
Mainz, Germany
9 BC
Oberursel, Germany
200-300 BC
Goseck, Germany
4900 BC
Badenweiler, Germany
0-100 AD
Trier, Germany
100-200 AD
Střekov Castle (Schreckenstein) is perched atop a cliff above the River Elbe, near the city of Ústí nad Labem. It was built in 1316 for John of Luxembourg, the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, to guard an important trade route to Germany. After changing hands several times, the castle was acquired by the Lobkowicz family in 1563. Its strategic importance led to occupations by Imperial Habsburg, Saxon, and Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War, as well as successive sieges by Austrian and Prussian armies during the Seven Years' War.
Although Střekov Castle was heavily damaged during those conflicts and abandoned as a military installation by the end of the 18th century, the 1800s saw many poets and artists visiting the castle, drawn by a new trend of interest in romantic ruins.