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Castles and fortresses in Saxony

Prosperity thrives behind thick walls: almost all the strategically important points of Saxony are crowned by solid fortifications. Laid out in deep valleys like a necklace of pearls or alone on a throne of a sandstone rock as the highest fortress in Germany, there are stories or legends about almost every one of them, which make Saxony‘s history one of the most vivid in Europe.

Krobnitz Castle Rammenau Castle Klippenstein Castle Lauenstein Castle Lingner Palace Dresden Weesenstein Castle Dresden Residential Castle Dresden Fortress Burgk Castle Dresden Zwinger Wackerbarth Castle Pheasant Castle Moritzburg Moritzburg Castle Freudenstein Castle Albrechtsburg Castle Augustusburg Castle Nossen Castle Schlettau Castle Hartenfels Castle Klaffenbach Castle Rochlitz Castle Schwarzenberg Castle Colditz Castle Lichtenstein Palace Gueldengossa Castle Delitzsch Castle Castle Ortenburg Bautzen Stolpen Castle Koenigstein Fortress Scharfenstein Castle Wildeck Castle Kriebstein Castle Mildenstein Castle Gnandstein Castle Fuerst Pueckler Park Bad Muskau Gross Sedlitz Baroque Garden Pillnitz Castle and Park Grand Garden of Dresden Lichtenwalde Castle and Park Bad Elster Spa Park Wechselburg Benedictine Monastery Buch Monastery Altzella Monastery Park Althörnitz Castle Hotel Gaussig Castle Hotel Hohnstein Castle Dresden Pillnitz Castle Hotel/ Boarding House zur koeniglichen Ausspanne Hotel Taschenbergpalais Kempinski Dresden European Youth Hostel at Colditz Castle Schweinsburg Castle Hotel