The Trageburg is a ruined castle

Ruined Castle

The Ruined Castle is a famous rock formation in the Jamison Valley area of the Blue Mountains, in New South Wales, Australia. It is reached by a track which begins at the Golden Stairs, near Katoomba, and heads south-east towards the lower slopes of Mount Solitary. Nearby is the sealed opening of...

 immediately next to the Rappbode Pre-Dam in the Harz Mountains of Germany. It is located near Trautenstein

Trautenstein

Trautenstein is a village in the borough of Oberharz am Brocken in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Trautenstein has 493 inhabitants .- Geography :...

 in the district of Harz in Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

.

Its purpose, like that of the nearby Susenburg, was to protect an old long-distance trade route that ran north-south over the Harz. The Trogfurth Bridge

Trogfurth Bridge

The great Trogfurth Bridge was a historic cultural monument in the Harz Mountains of Germany that was blown up by the SS on 14 April 1945. The bridge over the River Bode, which was made of rubble stone, had been built in 1739/40 at the site of a ford - first mentioned in 919 - on the Königsstieg...

 also belonged to this road system.

The Trageburg is checkpoint no. 52 in the Harzer Wandernadel

Harzer Wandernadel

The Harzer Wandernadel is a network of checkpoints for walkers in the Harz mountains in North Germany. It includes a system whereby the hiker can earn badges at different levels by walking to the various checkpoints in the network and recording them...

hiking badge system.

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• Artist's impression by Wolfgang Braun