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Location: Wurzen, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

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1. Joachim Ringelnatz Fountain, Wurzen Market Square – Nischwitz Castle loop from Wurzen

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2. Wurzen Distance Marker Column – Joachim Ringelnatz Fountain, Wurzen Market Square loop from Wurzen

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3. Zinkenberg Quarry – Löbenberg Quarry loop from Wurzen

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Söhni 🏃

December 17, 2018

Wurzen Castle is one of the oldest castle buildings in the German-speaking world. It shows the transition from a castle complex to a residential palace and is considered an incunabula of Central German palace architecture.

The website of the former residential castle of Bishop Johann IV. von Saalhausen in the Mulde town of Wurzen can be found at: schloss-wurzen.de. All information about the castle and castle hotel can be accessed here.

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Anne

December 18, 2018

The castle is open daily and there are regular public tours and guided tours on request. In addition to the restaurant and hotel business can be booked meetings, celebrations and Knights Tables. Brunch takes place every last Sunday of the month.

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Michi LE

October 11, 2021

History of Wurzen Castle

1491-97.: Built as a residence for the bishop of Meissen Johann VI. from Saalhausen

1508: The castle is structurally expanded

1519: After a fire in the castle, Johann VII von Schleinitz had the castle renewed

1522: A small gatehouse is built between the castle and the cathedral

1581 : The last bishop Johann IX. von Haugwitz resigns. The castle becomes the seat of the Wurzen Abbey

1631 : A fire damages both castle towers

1670 : The towers are restored

after 1945: Use of the palace as the headquarters of the police

2002: The Wedekind family acquires the castle complex

2004 : A hotel and a restaurant open in the castle

Source: burgen-schloesser-impressionen.de/sachsen/schloss-wurzen.html

the video of the tour: cnoops.de/aiovg_videos/vom-schloss-puechau-nischwitz-nach-wurzen-11-oktober-2021

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Location: Wurzen, Landkreis Leipzig, Saxony, Germany

Wurzen Castle

1. Joachim Ringelnatz Fountain, Wurzen Market Square – Nischwitz Castle loop from Wurzen

2. Wurzen Distance Marker Column – Joachim Ringelnatz Fountain, Wurzen Market Square loop from Wurzen

3. Zinkenberg Quarry – Löbenberg Quarry loop from Wurzen

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