Wartburg Castle and Asteroid 5478 Wartburg - Eisenach, Germany
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Bernd das Brot Team
N 50° 57.991 E 010° 18.417
32U E 591772 N 5646914
One of Germany's oldest castles
Waymark Code: WM1074V
Location: Thüringen, Germany
Date Posted: 03/11/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Built in 1067, Wartburg is one of Germany's oldest castles and one of its most famous and most influential one, having left a mark on almost 1,000 years of German history.

Main Belt asteroid 5478 Wartburg was discovered on October 23, 1989 by German astronomer Freimut Börngen and named after the famous Castle.

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