Kohren Castle

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Kohren Castle
Burg Kohren, Chorun, Sahlis
Kohren-Sahlis
Kohren Castle
Coordinates	51°1′9.56″N 12°36′1.58″E / 51.0193222°N 12.6004389°E / 51.0193222; 12.6004389Coordinates: 51°1′9.56″N 12°36′1.58″E / 51.0193222°N 12.6004389°E / 51.0193222; 12.6004389
Type	Hill Castle
Code	DE-SN
Site history
Built	ca. 1000
Garrison information
Occupants	Clerical, nobility

Kohren Castle (German:Burg Kohren), also known as Chorun or Sahlis, is the ruin of an imposing hill castle in the town of Kohren-Sahlis in Leipzig county in Saxony.

History[]

The origin of the town Kohren can be traced back to the time of the Sorbian settlement in the Early Middle Ages. Emperor Otto II gifted the forest between the rivers Saale and Mulde to the Bishop of Merseburg in year 974.

Kohren Castle, Bergfried