Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
15th century
Weissenburg, Germany
90 AD
Bollendorf, Germany
2nd century AD
Neustadt an der Donau, Germany
c. 80 AD
Bopfingen, Germany
1200-300 BC
Aalen, Germany
c. 150 AD
Putgarten, Germany
4300-2800 BC
Bad Dürkheim, Germany
200 AD
Kleindannewerk, Germany
500 AD
Lancken-Granitz, Germany
3500-3200 BC
Borgsum, Germany
9-10th century AD
Nehren, Germany
4th century AD
Gerolfingen, Germany
100-200 AD
Hüfingen, Germany
Tawern, Germany
1st century AD
Starnberg, Germany
133 AD
Köngen, Germany
100 AD
Sylt, Germany
0 AD
Blankenheim, Germany
1st century AD
Keitum, Germany
3000 BCE
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.