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Why visit Elbogen (meteorite)
Elbogen, also the Loket Iron, is an iron meteorite that fell in the town of Loket, Karlovy Vary Region, Kingdom of Bohemia, about the year 1400. Also known during the Middle Ages as the "bewitched burgrave" of Elbogen in connection to the story of a cursed count from Elbogen Castle, it is the oldest of 15 recorded fall
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Loket, Czechia
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Elbogen, also the Loket Iron, is an iron meteorite that fell in the town of Loket, Karlovy Vary Region, Kingdom of Bohemia, about the year 1400. Also known during the Middle Ages as the "bewitched burgrave" of Elbogen in connection to the story of a cursed count from Elbogen Castle, it is the oldest of 15 recorded falls in the Czech Republic. It has not survived to our time in its original size, having been cut for scientific purposes and its pieces sent to museums all around the world.
“Elbogen, also the Loket Iron, is an iron meteorite that fell in the town of Loket, Karlovy Vary Region, Kingdom of Bohemia, about the year 1400. Also known during the Middle Ages as the "bewitched burgrave" of Elbogen in connection to the story of a cursed count from Elbogen Castle, it is the oldest of 15 recorded fall”
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