Frankenberg Castle

Nordrhein-Westfalen · Tyskland · Castle

The moated castle of Frankenberg in Aachen is inseparably linked to one of the realm's oldest tales of love and haunting. Charlemagne loved his wife Fastrada beyond all reason – and when she died he could not part from her corpse. The explanation was an enchanted ring, which Archbishop Turpin finally found on the dead queen and threw into a lake near Aachen. In the legend's best-known version, that lake is the castle pond at Frankenberg, and Charlemagne built the castle on its shore so he would always be near the ring. At night a female figure is said to move by the still water, and the pond has never quite released its hold on the city.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Frankenberg Castle?

Frankenberg Castle ligger i Nordrhein-Westfalen, Tyskland.

Opplysningene bygger på lokal folketro og vitneskildringer.

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