Dohna Castle
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Dohna Castle (German: Burg Dohna, Czech: hrad Donín) on the once important medieval trade route from Saxony to Bohemia was the ancestral castle seat of the Burgraves of Dohna [de]. Of the old, once imposing double castle only a few remnants of the walls remain. The ruins of the old castle are located on the hill of Schlossberg near the subsequent suburb of the town of the same name, Dohna, in the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge in Saxony, Germany.
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Dohna Castle | |
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Burg Dohna | |
Dohna | |
Coordinates | 50°57′05″N 13°51′14″E |
Type | hill castle, spur castle |
Code | DE-SN |
Height | 155 m above sea level (NN) |
Site information | |
Condition | wall remnant |
Site history | |
Built | around 950 |
Garrison information | |
Occupants | burgraves, nobility |
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