Germany · Partial ruin
Frankenstein Castle
Frankenstein Castle is a medieval hilltop fortress on a sandstone spur above the village of Frankenstein in the Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Built from red sandstone, the site preserves tall multi-storey masonry ranges with many pointed-arched window openings and stands partly ruined but recognisable today.
Its prime
1400
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1400
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a reddish sandstone crag, the castle reads as a compact, multi-storey rectangular masonry block with many paired and single pointed-arched windows pierced through thick red-brown ashlar walls. Roofs are absent in the photo but in its prime the mass would have presented a continuous roofline above the tall wall faces; a corbelled projecting gallery juts from one wall. The keep and ranges sit directly against the exposed natural rock on the castle’s east side and the whole is approached through dense woodland.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1400.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Frankenstein Castle — including 2 interiors: exposed upper rooms and window bays, castle chapel. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
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