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Coswig Castle

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Location: Coswig (Anhalt), Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Bismarck Tower Hubertusberg – Apollensberg Summit Cross loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

21.5km

05:36

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2. Hohe Brücke (Wörlitzer Park) – Wörlitzer Park Lake loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

19.7km

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3. Hohe Brücke (Wörlitzer Park) – Wörlitz Palace loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

15.4km

03:56

40m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Norðurljós

May 22, 2018

Built between 1670 and 1678, Schloss Coswig is of fundamental importance for the history of baroque castle architecture and the development of its typology in Anhalt and throughout Germany. It is considered the "birth certificate of the Baroque in Anhalt". Schloss Coswig consists of a 3,000-square-meter building ensemble.

It is located in the south of the city on the outer edge of an Elbe loop. In the 19th century the castle was rebuilt into a prison. In the courtyard of the castle, a memorial stone commemorating political prisoners imprisoned here during the Nazi era.

It was only on 1 April 1957, the civic institution Coswig was closed and the building used until 1998 as an archive. A subsequent planning for the establishment of a retirement home was not realized.

From 1998 Coswig's largest building is empty. In 2006 there was a change of ownership.

Since then, the castle has been restored and is set to return to its original state of 1679. The conversion to an art and culture center is received positively.

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Endlos♾🦅

July 29, 2019

Even the GDR has not ended the inglorious development towards the penitentiary, on the contrary. After the takeover of administration by the GDR organs from the Soviets, up to 900 people were imprisoned here in catastrophic conditions at the same time. It was not until April 1957 that the prisoners were relocated and the history of Schloss-Prison Coswig ended.

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Keulenbergfreund

July 1, 2020

After gutting and demolishing some of the extensions, the restoration fell asleep. The imposing castle is slithering away. The roofs don't look like they can stop the rain from entering.

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Location: Coswig (Anhalt), Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Bismarck Tower Hubertusberg – Apollensberg Summit Cross loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

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3. Hohe Brücke (Wörlitzer Park) – Wörlitz Palace loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

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