Purschenstein Castle in Neuhausen/Erzgeb. in East Germany was built in the late 12th century, around 1200, probably by Boresch I (Borso). The toll

Toll castle

A toll castle is a castle that, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era guarded a customs post and was intended to control it. It thus always stood in the vicinity of an important long-distance trade route over, for example, the Alpine passes or the Middle Rhine...

 and escort castle protected a salt road

Salt Road

A salt road ) is any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt has been transported to regions that lacked it ....

 running from Central Germany to Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

. This long-distance trading route, also called the Old Bohemian Trail (Alter Böhmischer Steig), ran from Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 past present-day Neuhausen and over the Deutscheinsiedler Saddle

Ore Mountain passes

The Ore Mountain passes are crossings and passages over the crest of the Ore Mountains in Central Europe, over which tracks, roads, railway lines and pipelines run from the Free State of Saxony in the Federal Republic of Germany to Bohemia in the Czech Republic and vice-versa.- Upper Ore Mountains...

 towards Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

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Purschenstein Castle in Neuhausen/Erzgeb. in East Germany was built in the late 12th century, around 1200, probably by Boresch I (Borso). The toll

Toll castle

A toll castle is a castle that, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era guarded a customs post and was intended to control it. It thus always stood in the vicinity of an important long-distance trade route over, for example, the Alpine passes or the Middle Rhine...

 and escort castle protected a salt road

Salt Road

A salt road ) is any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt has been transported to regions that lacked it ....

 running from Central Germany to Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

. This long-distance trading route, also called the Old Bohemian Trail (Alter Böhmischer Steig), ran from Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 past present-day Neuhausen and over the Deutscheinsiedler Saddle

Ore Mountain passes

The Ore Mountain passes are crossings and passages over the crest of the Ore Mountains in Central Europe, over which tracks, roads, railway lines and pipelines run from the Free State of Saxony in the Federal Republic of Germany to Bohemia in the Czech Republic and vice-versa.- Upper Ore Mountains...

 towards Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

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Purschenstein Castle in Neuhausen/Erzgeb. in East Germany was built in the late 12th century, around 1200, probably by Boresch I (Borso). The toll

Toll castle

A toll castle is a castle that, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Era guarded a customs post and was intended to control it. It thus always stood in the vicinity of an important long-distance trade route over, for example, the Alpine passes or the Middle Rhine...

 and escort castle protected a salt road

Salt Road

A salt road ) is any of the prehistoric and historical trade routes by which essential salt has been transported to regions that lacked it ....

 running from Central Germany to Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

. This long-distance trading route, also called the Old Bohemian Trail (Alter Böhmischer Steig), ran from Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

 past present-day Neuhausen and over the Deutscheinsiedler Saddle

Ore Mountain passes

The Ore Mountain passes are crossings and passages over the crest of the Ore Mountains in Central Europe, over which tracks, roads, railway lines and pipelines run from the Free State of Saxony in the Federal Republic of Germany to Bohemia in the Czech Republic and vice-versa.- Upper Ore Mountains...

 towards Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

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