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Hartenfels Castle

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Hartenfels Castle

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    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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      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, 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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        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/

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