Louis the Springer had soil from his domain brought to the site of this building so that he could claim it lay on his land.
This place held the armor of Henry II of France until 1946 and since the 19th century contains frescoes by Moritz von Schwind depicting scenes from this place's history. Louis the Springer had soil from his domain brought to the site of this building so that he could claim it lay on his land. Heinrich Raspe expelled his nephew and the boy's mother, Elizabeth of Hungary, from this place upon the death of his brother in the Sixth Crusade. (*) Wolfram von Eschenbach won a contest called the SÃ¤ngerkrieg at this place, an event that inspired Wagner's TannhÃ¤user. This place's most famous resident stayed here under the pseudonym "Junker JÃ¶rg" and undertook a famous translation of the New Testament. For 10 points, name this Thuringian castle, the home of a recently exiled Martin Luther.
This place held the armor of Henry II of France until 1946 and since the 19th century contains frescoes by Moritz von Schwind depicting scenes from this place's history.
Wartburg Castle