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The medieval moated castle was replaced by a Renaissance building in 1574. The tail gables and a beautifully designed niche portal are striking. Today, concerts and various events take place in this ballroom at regular intervals. It is also possible to get married in the castle. The castle is open from May to October on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Source:https://www.touren-lutherland-thueringen.de/de/punkt/schloss/schloss-ponitz/19521253/

Beautiful castle, formerly the residence of Münchhausen, now a youth hostel.

Altenburg Castle is a former residential palace of the Dukes of Saxony-Altenburg. It is located in the center of Altenburg in Thuringia. It houses the exhibition areas Ducal Apartments 17th/18th. Century, 19th/20th Century and the playing card museum.

The fortified hilltop castle was built to protect Franconian and Saxon settlements from the 12th to the 13th century. There was an outer bailey with a gate and a core castle. The rare double keep and parts of the ring wall are still there. The castle has not been inhabited since 1456. During the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) it was renovated by the lord of the Sahlis manor, Hans Löser I, to provide protection for the residents of Kohren and the surrounding area. The owner is now the town of Frohburg. Source:https://www.tourismusverein-borna-kohrenerland.de/fileadmin/user_upload/flyer-geschichtsverein_2020-05_web.pdf

Beautiful moated castle has good paths leading around.

If you like castles and ruins, you will like this one. From the top there is a magnificent view of the romantic pottery village.

The castle is a youth hostel and unfortunately cannot be visited. But always a small highlight on the hike

With the castle, Ponitz has one of the most important Renaissance buildings in the region. It was built on the site of an old Slavic moated castle from 1568 to 1574 under Abraham von Thumbshirn. His successor, Wolfgang Conrad von Thumbshirn, signed the Peace of Westphalia for the duchy.