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5 unusual facts about Greifenstein


Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels

Christine Charlotte of Solms-Braunfels (10 November 1690 in Greifenstein – 16 October 1771 in Homburg) was a Countess of Solms-Braunfels by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg.

Frederick William, Prince of Solms-Braunfels

When his father died on 18 February 1724, he became Count of Somls-Braunfeld, Greifenstein and Hungen, Tecklenburg, Kriechingen and Lingen, Lord of Münzenberg, Wildenfels, Sonnewalde, Püttlingen, Dortweiler and Beaucourt.

Gerlach IV of Isenburg-Limburg

Gerlach II of Greifenstein, married between 1267 and 1273 into the House of Hachenburg.

Michael Sigismund Frank

His first commission was to paint the coat of arms of the Rhenish Count Schenk, for his chapel in Greifenstein in Franconia.

Otto I, Count of Nassau

He stood against the local aristocracy, particularly the counts of Greifenstein and of Dernbach and was for many years banished, since he withheld lands of Teutonic Knights, which his uncle had left to him.


Karneid Castle

The Dukes of Austria award it to Friedrich von Greifenstein and Hans Berger, Duke Leopold's chamberlain.

Schloss Greifenstein

Greifenstein is a prominent feature of the modern tourist itinerary called the Burgenstraße (Castle Road).

Schloss Greifenstein is a castle in the mountainous Fraconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz) region of Upper Franconia, Germany.


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