In 1857 the castle building, which had long been used as a spinning mill, burned down due to the spontaneous combustion of the stored wool. As a result, the Schlossberg was repeatedly rebuilt. The tower was always rebuilt. Since the judicial authorities have owned the castle hill since 1870 and had the regional court building built in the 1870s, the castle tower became the court tower. However, since there is no legal basis and no resolutions have been passed by the magistrate or city council to rename the tower, the tower remains the castle tower as it has for centuries.

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Christoph 🌍✌🏾

July 6, 2020

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Nice facility on the Schlossberg / tower.

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In the 10th century, the Wends built a Slavic castle wall on the valley island on the west bank of the Spree, the largest Slavic castle in Lower Lusatia and today's Schlossberg.
Here rises the 46 m high, medieval castle tower, which received its crenellated crown and neo-Gothic tower hood in 1877 with the new construction of the courthouse.
The small waterfall on the Schlossberg is worth seeing. [Source cottbus.de/sehenswert/altstadtrundgang/schlossberg.html]

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Kurzwanderer

March 25, 2026

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Unfortunately, it was not possible to climb the tower, one would surely have had a good view.

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