ツルナウの洞窟・トップ20

Schloss Thurnauの壁の背後には、波乱に満ちた歴史が隠されています。数世紀にわたり、複数の貴族の家系が元の城を拡張し、広大な城郭施設へと変貌させました。特に素晴らしいのは、単に城を見学するだけでなく、散策しながら過去の小さなディテールや痕跡を数多く発見できることです。

Schlossbräuのテラスからは、Schlossweiherを越えてThurnau城へと素晴らしい眺めが広がっています。美味しいフランケン料理と地元のビールを楽しみながら、しばらくくつろぐのに最適な場所です。

The castle is located on a narrow dolomite cliff at an elevation of approximately 500 meters. It is open to visitors from April to October. Since 1745, the castle has been part of the Sanspareil Rock Garden, created by Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.

"It's without parallel!" – "This is without equal!" a lady-in-waiting to Margrave Frederick is said to have exclaimed when she saw the bizarre rock formation in the beech grove not far from Zwernitz Castle. In this extraordinary landscape, the Oriental Building and the kitchen building opposite, which served as a venue for festivities at the Bayreuth court, were built between 1744 and 1748 according to plans by the court architect Joseph St. Pierre. These two buildings are grouped around a detached garden parterre, which was reconstructed in 1984 based on a copperplate engraving from 1748.

The magnificent complex is characterized by the redesign that Margrave Georg Friedrich had carried out by the architect Caspar Vischer after the destruction in the Second Margrave War in 1557. The wings of the narrow castle, which had been founded by the Counts of Andechs before 1135, were transformed into an impressive four-wing complex and secured against the mountain side with enormous bastions. Today, the Plassenburg, high above Kulmbach, is a cultural center of the Upper Mainland. After the fortifications were destroyed at the behest of Napoleon in 1806, the castle served as a prison and workhouse until 1928 - then exhibition rooms, museums and display collections were set up.

In the "Schöner Hof" with its richly decorated arcades, the atmosphere of a German princely court of the Renaissance comes to life.

Anytime again, perfect destination

Duchess Friederike Sophie Dorothee von Württemberg acquired the palace and garden in 1793 and managed it until 1795. She expanded the gardens in the style of the sentimental landscape garden and had a catacomb with urns, a mausoleum, various inscriptions and retirement homes and the pillar of harmony built.