Schwarzenberg Castle (Saxony)

The Schwarzenberg palace emerged from a medieval fortification and shapes next to St. George's Church, the image of the major district town of Schwarzenberg in Saxony's Erzgebirge District.

Architectural History

The castle was probably founded in the 12th century as a fortification and was the starting point for the colonization of Black Mountain and the surrounding area. The former castle acquired its present shape through a conversion to Electoral Saxon hunting lodge from 1555 to 1558. 1851/52 Keep and south wing of an administration building were increased 1875/76 cultivated.

The three -leaf plant surrounds a nearly rectangular courtyard. The keep is located in the west of the Palas in the east and a breaker is in the south. The original ring wall to the north has been replaced by an office building. The lower part of the keep dates from the 12th century and is the oldest part of the plant. He was raised mid 19th century by two storeys and received instead of curly Hood from the 16th century, a conical roof. The three-storey tower room cultivation in the west of the keep has a late Gothic stepped gable. This was probably built in the late 15th century and renovated in the late 1970s. The intermediate building for Palas was increased in the course of the renovation from 1555 to 1558 and increased the mid 19th century by two storeys. At the palace there is a corner tower in the northeast and a spiral stone to the farm from the 16th century. In two upper floors are partially visible with carving provided beamed ceilings and arched portals of the same period. On the ground floor there are decorative paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Schlossstube has a flat plaster ceiling and ornamental painted window frames. The upper floor is decorated with wall paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The castle cellar is how the ground floor of the south wing, which is provided with arched doors with molded Granitgewänden, designed as a barrel vault. The gable of the building is neo-Gothic administration is trying to match that of the tower facility construction.

Museum Schloss Schwarzenberg

In the Schwarzenberg Palace is located since 1954, the Museum of the City of Schwarzenberg. In 1957, the first permanent exhibition was opened to the " Erzgebirge iron ". After extensive restoration work under the leadership of the museum director Hans cup, the museum was reopened in 1977 as the "Museum Erzgebirgisches iron and tin ." The collection and exhibition focuses on the castle and town history, the mining of the region, the artisanal processing of iron and tin as well as the textile lace in a variety of genres. 2006 the fortress was with an exhibition on the tower and judicial history of the castle integrated with the museum. The museum a reference library with over 10,000 volumes and 6,500 book titles belongs mainly to the history of the region.

• Museum exhibits

Cast iron stove

Iron Furniture

Lace collar