Stamp point 77 / Luisenburg ruins

The Luisenburg ruins (352 m above sea level) are located south of Blankenburg behind the Great Castle in the direction of the sawmill pond on an elongated sandstone ridge.

The Lui­sen­burg was built in 1728 as a loo­kout cast­le for Duch­ess Chris­ti­ne Lui­se and named after her. It was a sin­gle-storey half-tim­be­red buil­ding with an octa­go­nal hall sur­roun­ded by 8 small rooms. The buil­ding was demo­lished in 1945 due to dila­pi­da­ti­on. Howe­ver, remains of the walls and stairs still give an idea of its appearance. 

The­re is a vie­w­ing pavi­li­on on the Lui­sen­burg, to which the stamp box is also atta­ched. From the­re you have an excel­lent view of the Blan­ken­burg dis­trict of Cattenstedt. 

The best start­ing point is the guest par­king lot at the Small Cast­le. From the­re, take the midd­le path through the cast­le park, clim­bing ste­adi­ly towards the lar­ge cast­le and fol­low the sign­pos­ted hiking trails from the for­mer hor­se stables. 

On the way back, you can visit the Gre­at Cast­le and then take the path downhill from the vie­w­ing plat­form to the Obe­re Müh­le inn. The stamp box Baro­que Gar­dens HWN 78 is atta­ched to the inn. You can return to the par­king lot through the Baro­que Gardens.