Location
Ruine Hauenstein, Laufenburg am Hochrhein, Landkreis Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg
GPS coordinates: 47°34'56", 8°6'24", 330m above sea level
Built about 1215 by the Noble Luithold of Hauenstein. 1216 construcion of the chappel
1503 destroyed by a fire.
Strategic location at a narrow passage next to the river Rhine.
Used until 1500 to protect the monastery Säckingen and to collect customs duty from travelers.
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