Germany
Saxony
Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains
Saxon Switzerland
View of Königstein Fortress from the Patrouillenweg
Germany
Saxony
Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains
Saxon Switzerland
View of Königstein Fortress from the Patrouillenweg
Hiking Highlight
Recommended by 1927 out of 1975 hikers
This Highlight is in a protected area
Please check local regulations for: Sächsische Schweiz
Location: Saxon Switzerland, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany
Königstein Fortress.
Parking lot below the fortress. This can then be reached on foot or by the fortress railway. Once at the top you can get into the fortress by elevator or on foot.
July 26, 2022
The original patrol path does not lead over the castle battlements along the fortress wall, as is usually wrongly named, but below the fortress. The patrol path was created in 1805 for patrols and building inspections below the castle.
April 21, 2022
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