Burg Frauenstein
Burg Frauenstein stands in Wiesbaden-Frauenstein, Hesse, as a medieval ruin above the surrounding landscape. Its walls occupy a quartzite outcrop known as the Spitzen Stein. High walls and battlements once sheltered nearby farmers, while the tower housed guards and served as a watchpoint.
Dendrochronological evidence places construction around 1184, although the builder remains unknown. Heinrich Bodo von Vrowenstein appears as its lord in a document from 1221. Siegfried IV von Frauenstein sold part of the castle and its land to the Archbishop of Mainz around 1300. Austrian forces captured the site in May 1301, and the bishopric held full control by 1319. Later disputes between Mainz and Nassau surrounded the castle with fortified farms, before its strategic role faded in the late eighteenth century.
The noble co-owners also built half-timbered houses in Frauenstein, many of which still stand. Their timber frames preserve a visible link between the ruined watchtower and the village it helped protect.
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