Grub Castle

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Grub castle was first time documented in 1237 and was probably built somewhere in the late 12th or early 13th century. In 1620 the castle was destroyed by the Bavarian Duke Maximilian I. The castle never recovered and fell to ruin. It was restored in the 1970s.

Address
Grub 13, Grub, Austria

Established
12th century

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