What is Burg Fürsteneck?
[[image:www.burg-fuersteneck.de aerial view.jpg|thumb|200px|Castle and academy Burg Fürsteneck]] [[Image:Burg-Fuersteneck front www.burg-fuersteneck.de.jpg|thumb|200px|Burg Fürsteneck, view from the south]] [[Image:Burg-Fuersteneck inner ward www.burg-fuersteneck.de.jpg|thumb|200px|Burg Fürsteneck, inner ward]] [[image:Karte Fulda in Deutschland.png|thumb|200px|Location of Burg Fürsteneck in Germany]] '''Burg Fürsteneck''' is a castle in the middle of [[Germany]] between the towns of Fulda and Bad Hersfeld. It belongs to the commune of [[Eiterfeld]]. The [[castle]] at an altitude of 406 meters on a small plateau. ==History== Burg Fürsteneck belonged to the [[monastery]] of Fulda. It was first mentioned in 1309, but it might have been built one or two hundred years before. Since 1802 it became the property of the German state of [[Hesse]]. The castle Burg Fürsteneck is preserved completely in a good condition. ==Akademie Burg Fürsteneck== Since 1952 Burg Fürsteneck has been an academy for vocational and cultural education. It was rebuilt by the architect Otto Bartning. Each year about 4,000 participants take part in one of more than 175 courses, with 15.000 overnight stays. ==Literature== * August Straub: ''Burgen und Schlösser im Hessenland.'', Melsungen * August Weber: ''Die Geschichte des Kreises Hünfeld.'' Fulda 1960 * Rudolf Christl et al.: ''1150-Jahre Dorf und Markt Eiterfeld. Amt und Gericht Fürsteneck. 845 – 1995.'' Eiterfeld 1995 ==Other websites== * [http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de Homepage of Burg Fürsteneck] {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.nyckelharpa.eu European Nyckelharpa training in castle Burg Fürsteneck] * [http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/folk/nyckelharpa_en.htm International Days of the Nyckelharpa] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130105223700/http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/folk/nyckelharpa_en.htm |date=2013-01-05 }} * [http://www.burg-fuersteneck.de/fortbildung/mittelalter-musik Vocational course for medieval music] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023055933/http://ww