Rupea Castle Traditional Geocache
garu: archive....unfortunately
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Rupea - Kohalom - Reps is near the E60 road between Sighisoara - Brasov city, is visible at long range.
The cache is leftward from the east entrance of castle, around 1-2 meters on steep section below the castle.
28.08.2018 Cache maintenance. Box replaced and moved few meters.
08.06.2014. I hid the box again. The cache is about eight meters from the wall.
11.06.2012 .Submitting the maintance changes. The castle is still under renovation just have not found the box in place .(.probably walled up), while the last renovation I switched the cache to virtual hiding. The password is in the northern iron-bound door table, fourth and fifth words.
The market town Rupea is situated in the Brasov district on an old trading route that connected Transilvania with Moldova in the east and Wallachia to the south.
The oldest document mentioning the castrum Kuholm dates from 1324 and refers to the old peasants' fortress that is situated on a basalt rock on the northwest side of the town. Rupea (Reps) was one of the so-called "7 German towns of Transilvania" – together with Schäßburg (Sighi?oara, Segesvár), Mühlbach (Sebe?, Szászsebes), Großschenk (Cincu, Nagysink), Reußmarkt (Miercurea Sibiului, Szerdahely), Leschkirch (Nocrich, Újegyház) and Broos (Ora?tie, Szászváros) – that were granted the right to appoint there own leaders, their own clergy and judges, and operate markets and courts. In 1488, the town is first mentioned as Roppesch. The fortress was enlarged during the 15th century. In 1790, a storm destroyed the roof of the castle. Since then, it fell into dereliction. Inside the castle, a well (40 m deep) that supplied drinkable water still exists. The sulphurous mineral springs of Rupea are used for the treatment of rheumatic diseases and nervous system disorder.
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(Decrypt)
Vafvqr gur sryyrq gerr gehax.