page_title: Isenburg (Saxony)
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Isenburg (Saxony) / Design
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ruine der Isenburg, Westansicht
context_page_description: The Isenburg is a ruined castle in the Western Ore Mountains between Hartenstein and the village of Wildbach in the borough of Bad Schlema. It sits high above the valley of the Zwickauer Mulde in the Free State of Saxony.
context_section_description: An outer, lower and upper bailey can be made out and there was also a cistern. The site covers an area of 51 x 33 metres, the tower has a diameter at its base of about 9 metres and a wall thickness of 3 metres. The only easily accessible, western, side of the castle was also protected by a ditch. The inner and outer shell is made of horizontal layers of brick, whilst the core is lined with cut stone laid in a herringbone pattern (opus spicatum).
caption: Western view
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