Frankenstein Castle is a hilltop castle in the Odenwald overlooking the city of Darmstadt in Germany. This castle may have been an inspiration for Mary Shelley when she wrote her 1818 Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Tower and ruins of Frankenstein Castle
Frankenstein Castle Chapel
The interior of Frankenstein Castle Chapel
Frankenstein forest
The Odenwald is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
The Reichenbach felsenmeer in autumn
Felsenmeer near Reichenbach (Lautertal) in winter
Characteristic sandstone formation near Eberbach
Granite-Gneiss-Odenwald (Altherr, 1999)