Dohna Castle, also called Donin, on the way to Bohemia was the ancestral seat of the Burgraves of Dohna. Only a small part of the wall remains of the old, once stately double castle. The remains of the old spur castle are located on the Schlossberg.

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From 1156 onwards, the castle became the centre of the imperial burgraves of Dohna, whose task was to monitor an old trade route from Saxony to Bohemia, to keep the …

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The area around the Schlossberg was already a settlement area for West Slavic tribes in the early Middle Ages. The name of the associated settlement was Donin. The originally Slavic castle is said to have received its name from her. Once upon a time there was a very large castle here. The buildings on the Schlossberg, the round tower from 1830 and the former HO Gaststätte Burgschänke, have been expanded into a meeting place by the Christian free church Eckstein community since 2005.

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1. Pilz Lookout – View of Weesenstein Castle loop from Dohna (Sachs)

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2. Pilz Lookout – View of Weesenstein Castle loop from Dohna (Sachs)

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3. Weesenstein Castle Gardens – Planet Trail along the Müglitz loop from Dohna (Sachs)

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Location: Dohna, Saxon Switzerland-East Ore Mountains, Saxony, Germany

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1. Pilz Lookout – View of Weesenstein Castle loop from Dohna (Sachs)

2. Pilz Lookout – View of Weesenstein Castle loop from Dohna (Sachs)

3. Weesenstein Castle Gardens – Planet Trail along the Müglitz loop from Dohna (Sachs)

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