
We have finally reached our destination. Drachenfels castle was the last outpost of the Electorate of Cologne, built 1140, destroyed by Swedish troops in 1638. When the trachyte quarries approached the remnants of the castle and it was in danger of collapsing, quarrying was forbidden. In 1863 the Prussian government purchased the whole hill and made it one of Germany's first natural reserves.
My (old) coffee-table book of selected postings.
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@Z: I think so, too. In summer it would have been way too bright and the sky probably would have been washed out.
@omid: Cheers, omid!
@Ted: It's always been a hard life on these fortresses.