Veste Niederhaus

Description

Veste Niederhaus is located below on the bank of the Danube. It is connected to a larger Veste Oberhaus castle by a battlement; this addition, made after 1367, created a double fortress almost 700 metres in length.

Address
Ferdinand-Wagner-Straße 1, Passau, Germany

Established
1367

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