Getting Arty in Melsungen

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Many castles dot the landscape in this area, some functional and restored and others well kept ruins.
Near Melsungen is the ruins of a castle built in 1186 called Heiligenberg.
It occupies one of the hills with a commanding view of the area, all the better to see your enemies approaching when you were a lord and castle owner.
Just some of the perimeter walls exisit today and there are picnic areas set up near the top.

At the base of the castle is a 19kms walk with modern art installations, You can do a 1.5kms short version and see many of them. The town adds to these as the weather destroys some and all works are named. A modern art gallery with the gallery being a forest.

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Photos

Castle information
Built in 1186 and fought over many times

Castle views
Tiny villages all with a church and a pub

Nature's art
plate fungi

fungi
The forest is very mossy and damp, lovely earth smells