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Tour of the gallery in the east wing
below:
Bay window with radial ribbed vaulting
Glauchau Castle
Collectors,
Benefactors and Scholars
Castle complex Forderglauchau and Hinterglauchau Castle
L
ate Gothic architecture and one of the
oldest museums in Saxony unite at
Glauchau Castle. The former castle complex
was built at the end of the 12th century by one
of the oldest Saxon noble families, the Lords of
Schoenburg. They used the medieval castle as a
seat of power and belonged to the high nobility
of that time, only being subordinate to the
emperor and exercising their own sovereignty.
Another three centuries later, the residential
building was remodeled into a late Gothic
residential castle with arched curtain windows,
lancet-arched portals, a Banquet Hall and a
Castle Chapel. The museum, which was founded
in 1884, has been housed here since 1940 and
presents the history of the town and castle of
Glauchau, the everyday life of weavers in the
Schoenburg lands and aristocratic interiors
in various exhibition rooms. Two additional
exhibitions are devoted to the fine arts and the
life and work of Georgius Agricola, the »father
of mineralogy«.
Museum and art collection Hinterglauchau Castle
Schlossplatz 5 A, 08371 Glauchau
Telephone +49 (0) 37 63 77 75 80
schlossmuseum@glauchau.de
www.glauchau.de, Category: Culture & Tourism
Directions
By car via A 4 to exit Glauchau; alternatively via B 175
By public transportation train to Glauchau, then an approx. 20-minute walk
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Glauchau
Castle