At its core, the former Moos moated castle, whose moats have long been filled, is still late Gothic. Today's hipped roof building, which is surrounded by a ring of walls with four protruding towers, was only built around 1738. A good 100 years earlier, Upper Palatinate-Bavarian history was written here: Maximilian I of Bavaria took Amberg's capitulation on October 8, 1621 in the dispute between the Catholic League and the Protestant Union. Seven years later, the vast majority of the Upper Palatinate was no longer Palatinate, but Bavarian. (Source: Ursula Pfistermeister)

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The newly renovated castle is a three-storey solid building with a hipped roof, dormers and simple plaster structure. The construction goes back to the late Gothic period, it may have …

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Location: Kümmersbruck, Amberg-Sulzbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany

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