Hello dear readers!

Today I would like to take you on a trip to Castle Ruin Homburg. This is the second largest castle ruin in Germany, which I wasn't really aware of at the beginning. It is located in Bavaria, to be more precise in Gössenheim, district Main-Spessart.

To go there is relatively simple, I would say. At some point, when you are in Gössenheim, you will be guided to a not too steep mountain. If you drive it up you can park on a small gravel parking lot! :)

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Impressions from nature

To give some impressions of the Nature there, I took some pictures. I hope they bring some warmth and colour into the cooler season! You have a nice view up there, although it's not that high! It is very dreamy and quite untouched I think! That little bench on the hill...Fabulous!

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I found the trees pretty cool, because they are so rooted and branched! Here in the forests around me I know rather long smooth trees, without much branching!

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What makes this place so beautiful for me

So I have to say, although it is the second largest castle ruin in Germany it was quite empty up there every time I was there. Listening to this silence or the sounds of nature and the insects was simply great. And then these old walls everywhere? This creates an interesting atmosphere. I was up there until the sun went down, you could see the sunset from up there!
Soooo, but since this post is also about the castle ruin, here are some pictures:

Here you can see the ruin beautifully from the side, there a small path goes along, but it is not the "main entrance".

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Here you can see a part of the ruins and a small entrance. I imagine this used to be an entrance to the basement? Most of the entrances were locked but you could get into this one!

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I find it really impressive when you consider that this castle or what is left of it dates from the 11th century (ca. 1030). That's why it's really incredible to stand there where people really used to live. We usually know only the beautiful castles which are kept in such a great condition as the Castle Neuschwanstein.

But this ruin has a completely different feeling.

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Here you can see the largest part, the left half. The sun was already setting.

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The room window

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The picture on the left is one of my favorite photos. The view you have now and which you must have had earlier...wonderful! On the right you see the biggest "housing complex " I think. I imagine how the ground was located there on the notches and one could go all the way up. I find from these remains you can simply build your own castle in your mind!

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Then there was a small hiking trail to the lower left, but I had no time to take some more photos and the sun went down pretty fast. I had a little bubble photo shoot planned!

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Bubbles

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I've wanted to do that for a long time - photograph bubbles! And I thought this was the perfect location for it! It was just not really thought through...it was very windy and therefore not really easy. But the result was worth it!
I have no longer the original files of the pictures but only the reduced uploads, so don't be surprised about the quality...

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Last but not least

I have to admit, these pictures are about 3 years old just like the excursion. I've never published these pictures (except for uploading to another profile) and so I thought - this is my chance! I still remember this trip quite well because it was really nice! All pictures are from me and completely unedited, (except for the thumbnail) because I don't have Lightroom anymore. I took these pictures with 13-14 years, so please be not so strict! I've always been a little photography lover :D I hope some of you will read it until here, there's a picture at the end as a reward!