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Surrounded by a landscaped park, the imposing Krobnitz Palace rises above the castle. Built around the mid-18th century by the von Üchtritz family, the baroque manor house was acquired in 1873 by the Prussian Minister of War and Field Marshal Albrecht Theodor Emil Graf von Roon. He had it converted into a neoclassical building by adding a mansard floor, with a flat roof and balustrade. He also expanded the park and created a family crypt in the rear section, which was consecrated in 1876. His son Waldemar added a neo-Gothic chapel to this crypt, which was demolished in 1980. After the von Roon family's property was expropriated after 1945, the palace served as accommodation for refugees and displaced persons. This elaborately reconstructed country estate is recommended for those seeking something unique. A wedding room in the Wilhelminian style and the ballroom in the Old Forge for about 100 people offer a tasteful setting for weddings.

Bautzen boasts several important fountains, including the Ritter-Dutschmann Fountain on the main market square, the historic New Waterworks in the city fortifications, the Nymph and Unicorn drinking fountain on Reichenstraße, and the Elector Johann Georg Fountain. There's also the historic Gesundbrunnen fountain, whose spring was once considered to have healing properties. These fountains are part of the city's sights and history.

Well-preserved castle surrounded by nature and a great starting point for a short hike through the forest.

The former entrance to Ortenburg

A very beautiful tower.

The chapel in the castle tower, consecrated in 1225 by the Bishop of Meissen, Bruno II, was decorated in the 15th century. Destroyed as St. George's Chapel in the Thirty Years' War, it was never restored. The monument on the tower, created in 1486 by a southwest German master, depicts the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490). Matthias was Bohemian rival king from 1469-1490 and ruler of the Bohemian neighboring countries, including Lusatia. The coats of arms in the monument to the right of King Matthias are, from above, the coats of arms of Galicia, the Hunyadi and Luxembourg, and to the left, the coats of arms of Styria, Austria, Silesia and Lusatia. Two four-field alliance coats of arms above the king show, on the right, that of Hungary and Dalmatia, and on the left, that of Bohemia and Moravia. Four copies of the monument are known: three in Budapest and Szeged (Hungary) and one in Král'ova Lehota (Slovakia). Source: https://www.bautzen.de/tourismus-kultur-freizeit/sehen-erleben/rundgaenge-fuehrungen/geschichtspfad

Georg Rudolf von Gersdorf was Royal Saxon High Court Marshal. He rebuilt the castle in its current baroque style in 1872.

...to the old water art with the remains of the city wall, to the Mühlbastei, Ortenburg and Michaeliskirche, to the water tower and to the St. Petri Cathedral.