In Torgau - the spiritual center of the German Reformation - Hartenfels Castle is the most significant building of the townscape. It's here, that Renaissance, Reformation and modern times meet in a most unique way. The »Torgau Museum Route« leads up to the castle and the Castle Church, the first Protestant church to be built in Europe, which was personally consecrated by Luther.
Town, castle and Reformation, however, is interconnected by even more than that: here, the »Torgau Articles« laid the foundation for the Augsburg Confession, the first Protestant songbook was published and - last but not least - the Protestant rulers signed the »Torgau League of Princes«. The Large Spiral Staircase - also called »impossible staircase« – dominates the castle courtyard, which today is the central place where cultural events are held in Torgau. In the north-west, the castle area is closed in by a typical Renaissance rose garden with box hedges, pavilions and a water basin. At the place of the former medieval tournament ditch, there is a steep terrace complex now.
Today, the »Traces of Injustice« exhibition at Hartenfels Castle recounts the history of Torgau as the headquarters of the Wehrmacht penal system in National Socialism, as a Soviet special internment camp and a GDR penal institution.
Accommodation
External accomodation tips | Übernachten in Torgau |
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Benefits with the schloesserlandCARD
Reduced rates apply to enter special exhibition |
Further benefits Free admission to the Center of Documentation and information (DIZ) Torgau, »Traces of Injustice« exhibition |
Arrival & map
Contact
Hartenfels Castle
Schlossstraße 27 | 04860 Torgau
+49 (0) 3421 70140
info@tic-torgau.de
More information available at:
www.schloss-hartenfels.de/
Opening hours and admission prices
Closed opens on 01. March 2021
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- Closed
- Friday
- Closed
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
- Free entry
Further information on opening hours and admission prices can be found here