Drachenburg

A really nice Harry Potter castle, where you can explore almost every corner and tower. If you pay the entrance fee, you can also escape the tourist crowds that hike on the Drachenfels and enjoy a crispy waffle in the café with the best view and little hustle and bustle.

entry
Adults: 7 euros
Children & concessions: 5 euros

Opening times 2018
March 3 to June 20: daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
June 21 to September 22: daily 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
September 23 to November 4: daily 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
November 5 to 25: daily from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
Unique Christmas time (all Advent weekends): Saturdays from 12 to 9 p.m. / Sundays from 12 to 8 p.m.

schloss-drachenburg.de

Schloss Drachenburg is the Neuschwanstein on the Rhine. Located below the Drachenfels easy to reach by cog railway or on foot. Parking is available in Königswinter sufficient. Throughout the year numerous events take place in the Villa Drachenburg as well as on our little tour.

Like a fairytale castle 👍🇩🇪

Always interesting, also the story

Currently the light installation will take place until the 26th of March 2017!

Unfortunately, we only came to the front gates, because you have to pay for the entrance fee. But even the sight from afar is worthwhile. From here there is a beautiful hiking trail to the waterfall at the Victory.

Schloss Drachenburg is a castle-like estate on the Drachenfels in Königswinter, whose foundation stone was laid in 1882. It was built in record time from 1882 to 1884 in the historicist style (especially Neofrühgotik on the exterior, especially neo-renaissance in the interior) as a representative residence for the stockbroker, financial expert and later Baron Stephan von Sarter (1833-1902), but never in the castle lived. After his death, the castle was subjected to several changes in use.
In 1986, Drachenburg Castle was listed as a National Monument and in 1990 the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation Nature Conservation, Homeland and Cultural Care assumed. From 1995 to 2010, it was restored based on the original state and expanded to a kind of Gründerzeit museum with an emphasis on contemporary home decor. For the reconstruction of the entrance stairs, the restoration companies Bachmann & Wille and Bauhütte Quedlinburg won the 2011 Peter Parler Prize. [2] The interiors as well as the murals and historicist stained glass were reconstructed as far as possible in the original design. The park is one of the founding members of the Garden of the Rhine between the Rhine and the Meuse and is integrated into the European Garden Heritage Network.
The fortress also houses the Museum of the History of Nature Conservation in Germany.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Drachenburg
schloss-drachenburg.de/index.php/de

Fairytale castle with panorama of the Rhine 👍

Steep path up but you can also get up well with the Drachenfelsbahn.

Schloss Drachenburg is a castle-like estate on the Drachenfels in Königswinter, whose foundation stone was laid in 1882. It was built in record time from 1882 to 1884 in the historicist style (especially Neofrühgotik on the exterior, especially neo-renaissance in the interior) as a representative residence for the stockbroker, financial expert and later Baron Stephan von Sarter (1833-1902), but never in the castle lived. After his death, the castle was subjected to several changes in use.
In 1986, Drachenburg Castle was listed as a National Monument and in 1990 the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation Nature Conservation, Homeland and Cultural Care assumed. From 1995 to 2010, it was restored based on the original state and expanded to a kind of Gründerzeit museum with an emphasis on contemporary home decor. For the reconstruction of the entrance stairs, the restoration companies Bachmann & Wille and Bauhütte Quedlinburg won the 2011 Peter Parler Prize. [2] The interiors as well as the murals and historicist stained glass were reconstructed as far as possible in the original design. The park is one of the founding members of the Garden of the Rhine between the Rhine and the Meuse and is integrated into the European Garden Heritage Network.
The fortress also houses the Museum of the History of Nature Conservation in Germany.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Drachenburg
schloss-drachenburg.de/index.php/de

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Drachenburg in Königswinter. A visit is definitely recommended.

Nice hike, once you get to the top you will be rewarded with a wonderful view

My son and I were particularly impressed by the golden deer. A visit is worthwhile.

Unfortunately, the time of the light installation is over again but even so, the castle is always worth a look.

From Nonnenstromberg is a wide view over much of the Siebengebirge possible!

Fairytale castle, 👍 really great!

The Drachenfels is always nice and the view is really nice, but you should have clear weather, so you can enjoy the view too

Great old-fashioned Christmas market on the Advent weekends

Nicer: 8Euro entrance, but it's worth it

I love it, it's like a fairytale!

Drachenburg Castle is a castle on Drachenfels in Königswinter, a town in the Rhein-Sieg district in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was built in record time from 1882 to 1884 in the style of historicism (especially early early Gothic on the exterior, and neo-renaissance in the interior) as a representative residence for Stephan von Sarter, who never lived in the castle. After his death, the castle was subjected to several changes in use. In 1986, Drachenburg Castle was placed under monument protection and in 1990 it was placed under the North Rhine-Westphalia Foundation for Nature Conservation, Homeland and Cultural Care.
Source: Wikipedia

The castle is absolutely worth seeing.

Especially recommended in winter with the Christmas market!