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Coburg Fortress

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Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Coburg – Roses, Knights and Bratwurst | Tour S40

8.75km

02:29

180m

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2. Prinz-Albert-Weg von Rödental nach Coburg

11.0km

03:01

160m

200m

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3. Hofgarten Coburg – Coburg Fortress loop from Coburg

10.7km

03:00

220m

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Jonas Wind

July 19, 2016

This castle is armed to the teeth - which is why it has never been taken by force of arms in its history (its garrison was only persuaded to surrender during the Thirty Years' War with the help of a forged letter). The art collection inside the castle is particularly worth seeing.

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Thomas P.

December 18, 2016

The castle is first mentioned in documents in 1056. In 1353 she fell to the house Wettin. Due to its strategic importance, it was expanded in the following 150 years to one of the largest castles in Germany. After the transfer of the court to the city in the 16th century, the Veste served only as a national fortress.

A famous guest in 1530 was the reformer Luther, who worked on his Bible translation during the Augsburg Reichstag. Major construction activities began again with Duke Ernst I (1806-1844). In the 19th century Karl Alexander von Heideloff renewed the architecture in the sense of a jewel-rich Neugotik. From 1906, the castle historian and architect Bodo Ebhardt redesigned the facility.

Today, the castle is home to the art collections of Veste Coburg. They are among the most important collections of art and cultural history in Germany and are largely based on the art of the Coburg dukes. The museum includes a copper engraving cabinet, a collection of hunting weapons and glasses, as well as a carriage and sledge collection. Among the artworks, paintings by Lucas Cranach and Old German painting (Dürer, Grünewald, Holbein) and sculptures by Tilman Riemenschneider are particularly noteworthy.

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Wolly

September 22, 2017

The Veste Coburg, also known as the "Franconian Crown", rises high above the city with its mighty walls and towers. 1056 "Koburgk" was first mentioned. The beginnings of today's castle complex date back to the time of the Staufers at the beginning of the 13th century. The era at the beginning of the 16th century brought a cultural heyday, when the Saxon electors used their castle for frequent stays. In the 19th century, the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha began to set up world-class art collections there.

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Location: Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Coburg – Roses, Knights and Bratwurst | Tour S40

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