there is a square-shaped Romanesque castle keep. This type of castle keep is rarely to be found. The square-shaped castle keep from the 12th century with battlements measures 20 metres and is the symbol of the castle, which can be seen from afar. Saaleck The ruins of Saaleck Castle rest on a low tongue of a range of hills about 65 metres above the Saale River, which is flowing around three of its sides. The surviving structures suggest that the castle was erected in the late 12th and early 13th century. The small, two-part castle complex was limited in size also by the natural characteristics of the terrain. It used to be composed of an upper castle (inner bailey) and a lower castle (outer bailey). Local shell limestone was used as building material. Today The silhouette of the castles Saaleck and Rudelsburg in very short distance to another has become one of the most prominent emblems of the reception of the Middle Ages since the period of Romanticism. See also World Heritage Convention World Heritage Site World Heritage Committee High Middle Ages Cultural Landscape References Notes External links Video of the cultural landscape of Naumburg :Category:Cultural heritage :Category:Cultural studies :Category:High Middle Ages :Category:Landscape :Category:Saxony-Anhalt Burgenlandkreis Former municipalities in Saxony-Anhalt Naumburg (Saale) 1147 establishments