Old Falkenstein Castle in the Harz Mountains of Germany is the castle site or burgstall of a high medieval hill castle. It lies on the territory of Falkenstein/Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt in the district of Harz. It was built in the 11th century A.D. and destroyed in 1115.
The ruins of Old Falkenstein are located in the eastern Harz region of Mansfeld Land between Mägdesprung and Meisdorf on a rocky ridge ) above the valley of the River Selke. In the forested landscape of the Harz/Saxony-Anhalt Nature Park, it lies within the nature reserve of Selketal about 1.25 kilometres northwest of the Köhlerhütte, which itself is northwest of Pansfelde near Kreisstraße 1344. From there woodland paths run over the Hirschplatte, up to 364.2 m above NN, to the ruins.
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