Castle Altenburg

The castle Altenburg is a previous home manor of the dukes of Saxe-Altenburg. It is situated in the focal point of Altenburg in Thuringia. It houses the display zones Ducal condos 17^th /18^th century, 19^th /20^th century and the playing card gallery. The chateau church with the popular encouragement organ and a background marked by design since the late Gothic just as the late medieval pinnacle are different attractions. The dance halls and the palace yard are the settings for a huge number of social occasions. The manor is the first scene of the Altenburger Prinzenraubes of 1455.

The mansion was based on a porphyry shake, , then still outside as far as possible. Previously, there was a Slavic defense on the square. The Altenburg was first referenced in 976 by Emperor Otto II. In 1180 Emperor Frederick Barbarossa endowed the Count Palatine Otto von Wittelsbach with the Duchy of Bavaria on the Altenburg Imperial Palace, a sketch in the stronghold reviews this occasion. To verify and oversee the regal bequest in and around the royal residence Altenburg somewhere in the range of 1147 and 1329 the burgraves of Altenburg were utilized.