プレンロイトの洞窟・トップ20

ロイポルドルフのハンマーシュロスは1395年に初めて言及されました

Unfortunately, the restaurant with beer garden in the Hammerherrenhaus is closed until further notice due to family reasons as a result of the pandemic😥.

A basalt cone about 641 meters high around five kilometers east of Kemnath made history. One of the oldest castles in the Upper Palatinate was located on its summit. Waldeck Castle was first mentioned in documents in 1124. The castle complex has been excavated and restored for several decades. The Waldeck Local History and Culture Association has contributed a large part to this. Regular services are held at the St. Ägidius open-air chapel, and theater performances are also held here every year on an open-air stage with 300 seats. Performances by the Upper Palatinate State Theater are now part of the permanent cultural program.

Very well maintained facility and beautifully modernized.

I deviated from the Geoweg to see the ponds. That wasn't a mistake! The paths are natural and there are always benches for a break. The castle is impressive, as you wouldn't expect it at all when driving through the village on the main road.

A castle from the time when hammering ore brought wealth

Jagged rocks that invite easy climbing. Since they are a bit off the trail, it's easy to miss them. Two narrow paths lead from the hiking trail to the rocks

Be sure to visit the exhibition inside the museum and enjoy a walk through the ponds! The listed Hammerschloss Leupoldsdorf (sometimes also referred to as Leupoldsdorfer Hammer) is located in the Leupoldsdorf district of the Upper Franconian municipality of Tröstau in the district of Wunsiedel in the Fichtelgebirge (Schloßweg 14). The area in which Leupoldsdorf was located was owned by the Counts of Truhendingen in the 12th century. In 1386 they pledged their property to the Bishop of Bamberg. On March 10, 1396, Johann von Truhendingen sold his property to Bishop Lamprecht of Bamberg, with Leupersdorf also appearing in the list. The Leupoldsdorfer Hammer was first mentioned on December 29, 1393. On April 30, 1432, the margrave of Kulmbach-Bayreuth mentions the hammer on the occasion of a transfer to Ulrich von Taubenmerckel. Under the owners Franck (from 1563) and Schreyer (from 1620), the hammer mill developed into an important business. The hammer was badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War. In 1708, the margravial hunter Michael Müller, married to a daughter of the hammer master Simon Schreyer, took over the hammer. Under Johann Christoph von Müller, who was ennobled in 1816, the Leupoldsdorf Hammersmith experienced its heyday. In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a bar hammer with blast furnace, fresh fire, zain hammer, tin hammer and tin house. The work died out in 1863 because of competition from England and America. Since the hammer owner had 13 unmarried daughters to look after, the land and buildings belonging to the hammer mill were sold from 1895 onwards. The castle of the former mill owner von Müller has been owned by the König family since 1917 and is now a restaurant.[1]