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Location: Torgau, Nordsachsen, Saxony, Germany

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1. Schloss Hartenfels – Torgau Town Hall loop from Torgau

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2. Torgau Town Hall – Schloss Hartenfels loop from Torgau

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3. Schloss Hartenfels – Torgau Town Hall loop from Torgau

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Zoe von Rambling Rocks

March 7, 2022

Hartenfels Castle, steeped in history, is considered a masterpiece of the Renaissance, but it is not only a special place from an architectural point of view. History was also truly made here, because in the first half of the 16th century Torgau advanced to become the political center of the Reformation and Martin Luther personally inaugurated the castle chapel in 1544.

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Michi LE

April 26, 2022

Hartenfels Castle in Torgau

construction time
15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century,
18th century,
Albrechtsbau 1483 to 1485,
Johann Friedrich building from 1533, Wendelstein 1534,
Chapel wing 1543 to 1544,
entrance wing 1620 to 1624,
Wing E 1791
architectural style
Renaissance, Baroque
builder
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Builder/Architect
Arnold of Westphalia,
Konrad (Conrad) Pfluger (1483 to 1485, Albrechtsbau),
Hans Zingkeyssen and Conrad (Kunz) Krebs (Johann-Friedrich-Bau),
Nikolaus Gromann (Nickel Grohmann, chapel wing),
Andreas Schwartz and Hans Steger (entrance wing),
Condition
Hartenfels Castle in Torgau has been renovated.
Todays use
administration, museum.
Access
Hartenfels Castle in Torgau is open to the public and can be visited. The park is in good condition.

description

Layout
Irregular, closed, square courtyard, first mentioned in 973 as a German burgward, the original castle complex had three wings and roughly enclosed today's castle courtyard.
structure
Wing A – entrance wing: three-storey,
Wing B – chapel wing: three and four floors,
Wing C – Johann-Friedrich-Bau: four-storey,
Wing D – Albrechtsbau: three floors,
Wing E - three-storey on a high basement,
facade
Wing A – entrance wing: Facade parts protruding differently on the city side, dwelling houses, two octagonal towers, main portal with bell tower and coat of arms, courtyard side with stair tower, round-arched gate with Rustic robes,
Wing B – chapel wing: curtain arched windows, dwelling houses, richly decorated bay window, building of courtyard rooms with cornices,
Wing C - Johann-Friedrich-Bau: coupled curtain arch windows, large Wendelstein on a cube-shaped substructure, open, delicate construction,
Wing D – Albrechtsbau: coupled curtain arched windows, dwellings, Gothic portal, diamond-cut corbels, Hausmann’s strum with loggias, surrounding gallery,
Wing E – simple plaster building,
roof shape
Gable roofs, wing E mansard hipped roof,

additional Information
park

The rose garden is to the west of the castle.

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/schloesser-herrenhaeuser/torgau-schloss-hartenfels

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Michi LE

April 26, 2022

Hartenfels Castle in Torgau

construction time
15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century,
18th century,
Albrechtsbau 1483 to 1485,
Johann Friedrich building from 1533, Wendelstein 1534,
Chapel wing 1543 to 1544,
entrance wing 1620 to 1624,
Wing E 1791
architectural style
Renaissance, Baroque
builder
–
Builder/Architect
Arnold of Westphalia,
Konrad (Conrad) Pfluger (1483 to 1485, Albrechtsbau),
Hans Zingkeyssen and Conrad (Kunz) Krebs (Johann-Friedrich-Bau),
Nikolaus Gromann (Nickel Grohmann, chapel wing),
Andreas Schwartz and Hans Steger (entrance wing),
Condition
Hartenfels Castle in Torgau has been renovated.
Todays use
administration, museum.
Access
Hartenfels Castle in Torgau is open to the public and can be visited. The park is in good condition.

description

Layout
Irregular, closed, quadrangular courtyard, first mentioned in 973 as a German burgward, the original castle complex had three wings and roughly enclosed today's castle courtyard.
structure
Wing A – entrance wing: three-storey,
Wing B – chapel wing: three and four floors,
Wing C – Johann-Friedrich-Bau: four-storey,
Wing D – Albrechtsbau: three floors,
Wing E - three-storey on a high basement,
facade
Wing A – entrance wing: Facade parts protruding differently on the city side, dwelling houses, two octagonal towers, main portal with bell tower and coat of arms, courtyard side with stair tower, round-arched gate with Rustic robes,
Wing B – chapel wing: curtain arched windows, dwelling houses, richly decorated bay window, building of courtyard rooms with cornices,
Wing C - Johann-Friedrich-Bau: coupled curtain arch windows, large Wendelstein on a cube-shaped substructure, open, delicate construction,
Wing D – Albrechtsbau: coupled curtain arched windows, dwellings, Gothic portal, diamond-cut corbels, Hausmann’s strum with loggias, surrounding gallery,
Wing E – simple plaster building,
roof shape
Gable roofs, wing E mansard hipped roof,

additional Information
park

The rose garden is to the west of the castle.

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/schloesser-herrenhaeuser/torgau-schloss-hartenfels

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Elevation 100 m

Contacts

Schloßstraße 27, 04860 Torgau, Deutschland

www.schloss-hartenfels.de/

info@schloss-hartenfels.de

(03421) 758-10 89

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