Genovevaburg
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Attribution: By Blueduck4711 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15079220
Genovevaburg is the symbol of Mayen and has been rebuilt several times since first being destroyed in 1689.
Its name comes from a legend, according to which the seats of counts palatine, Siegfried and his wife, Genevieve of Brabant (in German: Genoveva), were supposed to be on the same hill in (or above) Mayen.
Its name comes from a legend, according to which the seats of counts palatine, Siegfried and his wife, Genevieve of Brabant (in German: Genoveva), were supposed to be on the same hill in (or above) Mayen.
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