Castle Falkenstein Ballenstedt Hartz Germany – Antique Photo Print
![Castle Falkenstein Ballenstedt Hartz Germany, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f6/f63553b48675-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Castle Falkenstein Ballenstedt Hartz Germany, a historic print rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Castle Falkenstein Ballenstedt Hartz Germany
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Perched above the Selke valley in the Harz Mountains near Ballenstedt, Falkenstein Castle is a hilltop fortress tied to the Ascanian counts, the noble house that ruled much of what became the Duchy of Anhalt. This Photochrom print, made between about 1890 and 1900, shows the castle as tourists of the period would have seen it, with its towers and walls set against the wooded slopes. Photochrom was a Swiss color process that used several lithographic stones to layer tints over a photograph, and its vivid, painterly results made it popular for travel souvenirs. The castle's rugged position and its ties to a medieval dynasty drew many visitors to the Harz during these decades.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Print no. 8164. Views of Germany |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,654 × 2,716 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 537_Castle_Falkenstein_Ball_1890.tif-00994u |
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