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Darstein Chapel

Darstein Chapel

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Darstein Chapel

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Location: Waffenbrunn, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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The chapel stands on a donjon stump of a former castle complex. Remnants of the wall can still be discovered between the rocks. As early as 1651 Darstein was described as a dilapidated, uninhabited fortress. Completely abandoned in the 17th century, it was only used as a quarry.

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The Burgstall Darstein is the ruin of a spur castle on a 620 meter high mountain spur near the district of Darstein in the municipality of Waffenbrunn in the Upper Palatinate district of Cham in Bavaria.

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The fortress was first mentioned in the 13th century and was owned by the Lords of Donnerstein until 1482 (Wikipedia)

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Elevation 630 m

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Location: Waffenbrunn, Cham, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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