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CastleBerneburg
Berneburg Castle
The residential tower Berneburg is a listed secular building in Berneburg, a district of Sontra in the Werra-Meißner-Kreis (Hesse).
The residential tower (Kemenate) was probably built shortly after 1385, the year of the destruction of Berneburg Castle. It was first mentioned in a document in 1435. The walls on the top floor of the five-story building are structured with coupled window openings. The elevated entrance is on the north side. A half-timbered house, built in 1656 for Hans Ernst von Biedenfeld, adjoins the tower. The residential tower has a side length of 10x10m. The former moat has been completely leveled, but can still be recognized as slight traces in the terrain between the property and the Sontra river.
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