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Motorcycle history of DKW and MZ
Take in the view from the tower »Fat Henry«
Wildeck Castle
Cold Ore and Red-hot Motorbikes
Discover the castle garden
E
rected on the foundations of a 12th-century fortification, Wildeck
Castle stands guard high above the Zschopau River to this day.
Carters and traders who transported salt from the Hallens region to
Bohemia on the »Bohemian Trail« found shelter here. That is also why
the route is known as the »Salt Road«. Today, however, all that remains
of the defiant military fortress is »Fat Henry«, a 30-meter-high tower
with extremely thick walls. Duke Maurice of Saxony had the castle converted
into a hunting lodge in the middle of the 16th century. From the
17th to the 20th century, the local chief forestry and game master’s office
was located here.
Visible from afar, the Renaissance castle now accommodates several
museums on industrial history, especially Saxon vehicle manufacturing,
as Zschopau was once home to the world’s largest motorcycle factory.
Noble DKW motorcycles from the »Rasmussen Collection«, MZ motorcycles
as well as Enduro and racing machines are sure to please all visitors
with gasoline in their blood.
Wildeck Castle
Schloss Wildeck 1, 09405 Zschopau
Telephone +49 (0) 37 25 28 71 70
schloss@zschopau.de
www.schloss-wildeck.de
Directions
By car via A 4 exit Chemnitz-Mitte, further via B 95 to Chemnitz and via B 174 to Zschopau
By public transportation train to Zschopau, bus line 206/207 to Zschopau Neumarkt
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Wildeck
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