Ghost of Burg Lahneck

Burg Lahneck is a 13th century castle situated atop a rocky hill at the confluence of the River Lahn and River Rhine.

 

It provided shelter for twelve Knights Templar who took refuge in the castle after 1322 when Pope Clement V ordered the Templars to disband. They perished in the castle while trying to fight against the overwhelming forces of the Archbishop of Mainz.

In 1633, It was also involved in the Thirty Years' War when Swedish and Imperial forces attacked it.

But the castle is haunted by an apparition from a more recent time ...

In 1851, Idilia Dubb, a Scottish girl on vacation in Germany with her parents, went to draw sketches of the area. After she did not return, a lengthy search ensued but was unsuccessful. Her parents eventually returned to Scotland, heartbroken. Nearly a decade later, in 1860, workers restoring the wooden stairwell leading to the top of the keep located the young girl's skeleton. The mystery regarding Idilia's disappearance was solved as she climbed to the top of the keep to get views of the Rhine, and upon reaching the top, the wooden stairwell behind her collapsed. Stranded on the keep, she kept a diary recounting her last few days, including desperate pleas for help that went unheard.

Specifically, the last sentence within Idilia's diary read:

All I know is that there is no hope for me. My death is certain. Father in heaven, have mercy on my soul.

There were two hearts drawn beneath this line in her diary. Rumors say she occasionally appears in the castle halls, begging for someone to help her.