Plassenburg Fortress - Castle with a Ghost
Plassenburg Fortress is a symbol of Kulmbach. It has been known since 1135. Built as a fortification, it was also the administrative center of Plassenburg principality and residence of the Hohenzollern. In the XIX century Plassenburg Castle changed owners and its intended use: the fortress passed over to the Bavarian Crown and turned into a military prison and an infirmary. In the XVI century it underwent a large-scale reconstruction, was transformed into a Renaissance palace with towers and arcades.
Today Plassenburg Fortress houses a gallery of portraits of the castle owners and the museum of Prussian military history, which includes documents about the White Lady - the castle ghost. The White Lady, known from the XV century, appeared to the castle inhabitants whenever they were in danger - a war or a betrayal- and warned about it.
1.1 km
1.3 km
7.8 km
600 m
2.4 km
800 m
1.6 km
350 m
950 m
1.2 km
850 m
9.1 km
6.6 km
21.1 km
400 m
600 m
550 m
300 m
1.7 km
650 m
500 m
18.4 km
2.4 km
6.7 km
6.6 km
6.9 km
650 m
10.2 km
10.4 km
3.8 km
400 m
3.8 km
5.4 km
550 m
Facebook
Twitter
Telegram
WhatsApp
Viber