Tilleda

In around 700 a small settlement was founded on the Pfingstberg. The settlement was first mentioned in the early 9th century as Dullide, With the castle gradually falling into ruin, it was forgotten until the 19th century, when it was "discovered" by local historian Karl Meyer. Excavations were conducted in 1935–39 and 1958–79. From 1983 the area was made accessible to the public as an open-air museum, which reopened in its current form in 2001. Some parts of the castle have been reconstructed. == Sights of Interest ==

• Tilleda Palace, an Ottonian royal settlement, where archeological excavations by Paul Grimm revealed several settlements with an outer bailey occupied by craftsmen. Some of the excavated buildings have been reconstructed for the open-air museum. • Church of the Saviour (Evangelical church), Romanesque-Gothic village church with partly Baroque features and Renaissance-epitaphs. There is a group of small houses forming a circle around the church which enclose a church garden. • Kyffhäuser Monument, above Tilleda in the Thuringian part of the Kyffhäuser mountains. Tilleda Kirche 1.JPG|Church of the Saviour in Tilleda Tilleda Kirche 2.JPG|Church of the Saviour in Tilleda Tilleda Häuser um Kirche.JPG|Houses near the church in Tilleda Tilleda Kriegerdenkmal.JPG|War Memorial in Tilleda Tilleda is a stop on the tourist route Romanesque Road. ==References==