ネーゲルの洞窟・トップ5

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

The chapel was locked when we were there, but you can see inside very well through a small window.

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

Waldershof Castle is privately owned. It can only be viewed from the outside. Probably built around 1100 as a moated castle (the builder is unknown), the castle stands on a basalt chimney on the outskirts of Waldershof, right next to the town hall. The current appearance only gives an incomplete impression of its original size and appearance. The mighty round building was a moated castle, which was surrounded to the south and west by the castle pond, which is now almost dry, and by the Kösseinebach. To the north, it was probably protected from attacks by ramparts. The mighty tower on the northeast corner, which was demolished in 1823, offered a wide view of the Waldershof valley. After secularization, the castle was declared state property on December 29, 1802 by Elector Max Josef of Bavaria, along with the Waldsassen monastery, which owned it for centuries, and used as the judge's residence. The state sold the castle on September 16, 1805.

The listed St. John's Chapel at the edge of town towards Kemnath was probably built in the 17th century. It stands on the Kösseinebach just a few meters west of Waldershof Castle, to which it belonged until 1934. The figure of St. John Nepomuk, which is said to have previously stood above the outflow of the castle pond, is worth seeing. The chapel was first mentioned in writing in 1846, when a flood threatened to destroy it. In 1934, the then market town of Waldershof acquired the chapel from the castle owner because he was no longer able to maintain it.

Very well maintained facility and beautifully modernized.

There is little of a ruin to be seen here, as everything on the right is overgrown and there are hardly any remains that indicate the former fortification. Whether this is a castle stable or a ruin is probably an academic debate. But the overgrown path is still beautiful, even if you have to be careful not to get lost. But that's what Komoot is for.

Very nice idyllic place. I would say this is a castle stable and no longer a ruin. The circular route may not be left for reasons of nature conservation and monument preservation. Opposite the Wurzbach there is another power plant in a simple wooden hut. Overall, the area is very natural, the stream and the rocks are enchanting.