カドルツブルクの洞窟・トップ17

Massive structure, presumably the sight alone was intended to demotivate the attacker.

A beautiful town with the castle as its highlight. The castle is open in the summer from Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The forecourt and the castle garden are freely accessible. There is an admission fee for the castle itself and the exhibitions. As of 2025, the fee is €7 per person. But it's definitely worth it.

Cadolzburg Castle is an impressive medieval fortress perched on a prominent rocky outcrop above the town of the same name in Bavaria. Its history dates back to the 12th century, and for a long time it was an important base for the burgraves of Nuremberg, later known as the Hohenzollerns. The castle served not only as a defensive structure but also as an administrative center and temporary residence. Today, the castle houses a modern interactive museum called "HerrschaftsZeiten!" (HerrschaftsZeiten!), which vividly conveys the history of the Hohenzollerns in Franconia and Brandenburg.

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1157, when the bailiff of Kadolzburg, a "Helmericus de Kadoldesburc", agreed to an exchange of goods between the diocese of Würzburg and the Heilsbronn monastery. The place name can be explained as Kadolds Burg (Castle of Kadold).

Nice, right next to the castle.

The gate, located at the upper edge of the market square, owes this popular name to its constantly slowing, “buzzing” clock. The gate is located on the outer bailey moat and is therefore part of the former reinforcement of the Cadolzburg. https://www.cadolzburg.de/kultur-freizeit/freizeit-erholung/denkenswertes/brusela

The city archive and the scientific library are located in the castle today.

The garden is very nice and green, good relaxation in the sunshine and birds singing 🙂