Theme route in Germany and the Czech Republic
Map of the Castle Road Route marker The Castle Road (German : Burgenstraße theme route in southern Germany (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg ) and a small portion in the Czech Republic , between Mannheim and Prague .
It was established in 1954. In 1994 it was possible to extend it to Prague. It leads through the Neckar valley, the Hohenlohe Plateau, the Franconian Heights, Franconian Switzerland , the Fichtel Mountains and the Slavkov Forest . The Castle Road has a length of over 1,000 kilometres (600 mi).
List of places
The Castle Road at the moment passes, from west to east, the following places and landmarks.
D-Mannheim – Mannheim Palace
D-Schwetzingen – Schwetzingen Castle
D-Heidelberg – Heidelberg Castle , Old Inner City
D-Neckargemünd – Bergfeste Dilsberg
D-Neckarsteinach – Schadeck Castle, Hinterburg Castle, Mittelburg and Vorderburg
D-Hirschhorn (Neckar) – Hirschhorn Castle
D-Eberbach – Eberbach Castle
D-Zwingenberg - Zwingenburg
D-Neckargerach - Minneburg
D-Binau - Dauchstein Castle
D-Obrigheim – Neuburg Castle
D-Mosbach – historical town centre
D-Neckarzimmern – Hornberg Castle
D-Haßmersheim-Neckarmühlbach – Guttenberg Castle
D-Gundelsheim – Horneck Castle
D-Bad Rappenau – Heinsheim Castle, Ehrenberg Castle , Rappenau Water Castle
D-Bad Wimpfen – Kaiserpfalz Wimpfen
D-Heilbronn – city itself
D-Weinsberg – Weibertreu ruins
D-Jagsthausen – Götzenburg (castle of Götz von Berlichingen )
D-Öhringen – Öhringen Castle
D-Neuenstein – Neuenstein Castle
D-Waldenburg – Waldenburg Castle
D-Schwäbisch Hall – Comburg
D-Kirchberg an der Jagst – Kirchberg Castle
D-Langenburg – Langenburg Castle
D-Rothenburg ob der Tauber – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, medieval town
D-Ansbach – Margravial Residence , Orangery and Hofgarten
D-Romantic Franconia – Colmberg Castle, Veste Lichtenau, castle of the Teutonic Knights , Wolframs-Eschenbach
D-Abenberg – Abenberg Castle
D-Roth – Ratibor Castle
D-Nürnberg – Nuremberg Castle
D-Franconian Switzerland – Kaiserpfalz Forchheim , Ebermannstadt , Mark Wiesenttal, Egloffstein Castle , Gößweinstein Castle , Waischenfeld Castle , Aufsess Castle , Schloss Greifenstein
D-Ahorntal - Rabenstein Castle
D-Bamberg – Altenburg Castle, Bamberg , New Residence
D-Rentweinsdorf - Schloss Rentweinsdorf
D-Ebern - historic old town, Schloss Eyrichsdorf, Rotenhan Castle ruins
D-Pfarrweisach - Lichtenstein Castle
D-Maroldsweisach - Altenstein Castle
D-Heldburg - Heldburg Fortress
D-Coburg – Ehrenburg Palace , Veste Coburg , Callenberg Castle
D-Lichtenfels – Lichtenfels Castle
D-Kronach – Rosenberg Fortress
D-Kulmbach – Plassenburg
D-Bayreuth – New Palace Old Palace , Eremitage
CZ-Cheb – Eger Castle
CZ-Lázně Kynžvart – Königswart Castle (Lazne Kynzvart )
CZ-Loket – Elbogen Castle (Hrad Loket )
CZ-Bečov nad Teplou – Petschau Castle (Hrad a zámek Bečov )
CZ-Teplá – Teplá Abbey
CZ-Švihov – Svihov Castle (Vodní hrad Švihov )
CZ-Nezvěstice – Nebilovy Castle (Zámek Nebílovy)
CZ-Šťáhlavy – Kozel Castle (Zámek Kozel )
CZ-Hořovice – Hořovice Castle
CZ-Zdice – Žebrák Castle (Hrad Žebrák ), Točník Castle (Hrad Točník )
CZ-Křivoklát – Křivoklát Castle (Hrad Křivoklát )
CZ-Karlštejn – Karlštejn Castle
CZ-Prague – Prague Castle
Cycleway
Sign Cycleway Burgenstraße There also exists a Cycleway "Burgenstraßen-Radweg".
Gallery
Literature
Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Die Burgenstraße": Burgenstraßen-Radwanderführer . Hrsg. Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Die Burgenstraße", Heilbronn. J. Fink-Kümmerly + Frey Verlag GmbH, Ostfildern
Hans Konrad Schenk: Hohenlohe vom Reichsfürstentum zur Standesherrschaft . Swiridoff-Verlag Künzelsau, 2006. ISBN 3-89929-080-1
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