Imagebroschüre_en_2022

Stolpen Castle
Stolpen Castle –
Simply Inescapable
Having first been mentioned in 1222,
Stolpen Castle has seen many brighter
and even more darker times in the eight centuries
that were to follow. Hussites, Swedes, Prussians
and Frenchmen have all left their mark on
the fortress, and plague and fires have ravaged
it. The castle achieved great fame through the
power games played out at the Saxon court, to
which Stolpen owes its most famous resident.
For nearly half a century, Anna Constantia
Countess von Cosel, was condemned to remain
behind the castle walls until her death.
was built. The hatched castle base and the deepest
undeveloped basalt well on earth have now
been recognized as a national geotope.
View from the Prince’s Square
Stolpen Castle
The fun-loving, beautiful and clever Cosel,
mistress of Augustus the Strong and mother of
three of his children, had fallen in disfavor as a
result of her alleged interference in politics –
and ultimately fell victim to the opportunism
of her noble bedfellow. Just as hard as the fate
of Cosel is also the basalt on which the castle
Stolpen Castle
Schlossstrasse 10, 01833 Stolpen
Telephone +49 (0) 35 97 32 34 10
stolpen@schloesserland-sachsen.de
www.burg-stolpen.org
Directions
By car via A 4 exit Pulsnitz, towards Radeberg; via A 17 exit Pirna, towards Pirna/Graupa and Neustadt in Sachsen
By public transportation bus lines R261 and R234 to Stolpen Aerztehaus or Schuetzenhausstrasse; train to Stolpen,
then an approx. 30-minute walk
13
Stolpen
Castle