Scherenburg Castle, Gemünden am Main, Germany

Scherenburg Castle was built in the early 13th century by Rieneck family as toll castle. It was used until late 18th century and then was left to decay. Today part of the walls and tower exists. The ruins are used as annual summer festival.

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costel giurgea (6 months ago)
Super cool

Philip Smith (8 months ago)
Nice walk und the hill from Gümuden. A bit of history that goes back 1000 years. We carried on and did the old City tour.

Matthias Hofmann (16 months ago)
Visited as part of a premiere during the Scherenburg Festival. Beautiful venue with covered stands. The stage itself is a bit small, unfortunately I didn't find the acoustics in the upper area that good. I found the performance itself to be quite entertaining. Worth a recommendation.

NaSEVoLLReC (19 months ago)
Super

Patrick “Bahnchef1994” Schmücking (2 years ago)
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