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1. Elbe Bridge Mühlberg – Ostrich farm loop from Mühlberg/Elbe

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2. Great cycle path! – Elbe Bridge Riesa loop from Strehla

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3. Elbe Bridge Mühlberg – Ostrich farm loop from Mühlberg/Elbe

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Dropsi🚴& Karlchen🚲⚡& Emily🦇

June 9, 2019

Even before 900 there should have been a Slavic ruler's seat at this point. Probably the castle Strehla one of the first foundations in this area. The mountain castle was built to protect a river crossing near a ford after 928 and 1064 mentioned with a castle. In a conflict between the German King Henry II and the Polish Duke Bolesław I Chrobry, the castle was burnt down in 1002.

1064 Bishops of Naumburg were owners of the castle. In 1384 the castle came as a fief to the lords of Pflugk and remained until 1945 in the possession of the family Pflugk. Following the expropriation of the Pflugk family, Strehla u. a. used as a children's home and in the reunification period as an artist's residence and has been privately owned since 1994.

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Bumble-Bee

November 17, 2024

The oldest part of the building, the Knights' Hall between the two mighty towers, which has been preserved as a ruin, dates from 1335. The lower parts date from the 13th to 14th centuries, the late Gothic cell vaults in the upper floors date from around 1530, the gable tops and roof turrets were added towards the end of the 16th century. In the 15th to 16th centuries the castle was rebuilt as a palace and the north wing was rebuilt in 1890 after a fire. The gatehouse to the front courtyard was built around 1560 and decorated with dormer windows and gables. The palace forms a closed square with late Gothic and Renaissance architectural forms, the wing on the Elbe side, built around 1530 for Otto Pflugk, has a late Gothic brick gable with tracery pattern, the stair towers in the courtyard have Renaissance gables. The cell-vaulted "drinking room" in the southwest tower was decorated with rich paintings in 1532, which are attributed to the circle around Lucas Cranach.

The castle is surrounded by a spacious English landscape park with some old trees, which stretches down the mountainside to the Elbe.

(de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Strehla)

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Sachsen Onkel

January 16, 2022

From the 15th century, the castle was converted from a former Slavic fortress into a palace. In GDR times until 1977 there was a children's home in it. Today it is privately owned.

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Location: Strehla, Saxon Elbland

Strehla Castle

1. Elbe Bridge Mühlberg – Ostrich farm loop from Mühlberg/Elbe

2. Great cycle path! – Elbe Bridge Riesa loop from Strehla

3. Elbe Bridge Mühlberg – Ostrich farm loop from Mühlberg/Elbe

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