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Wildeck Castle or Wildeck Palace (german: Schloss Wildeck) is an old hunting lodge in
Website of Wildeck Castle
{{Coord, 50, 44, 44.6, N, 13, 04, 06.8, E, type:landmark_region:DE-SN, display=title Hunting lodges in Germany Castles in Saxony Ore Mountains Buildings and structures in Erzgebirgskreis
Wildeck Castle or Wildeck Palace (german: Schloss Wildeck) is an old hunting lodge in Zschopau
Zschopau (), is a town in the Erzgebirgskreis district of Saxony, Germany.
Geography
The town is located on the northwestern slopes of the Ore Mountains, on both Bank (geography), banks of the Zschopau (river), Zschopau River, about south-east ...
in Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
. It stands on a rocky spur above the River Zschopau
The Zschopau (, cs, Sapava or Šopava ) is a 130-kilometre-long river in Saxony, Germany, and a left tributary of the Freiberger Mulde. The origin of the name is not precisely documented, possibly Slavic ''skapp''; ''rock'', ''cliff'' or sor ...
.
Site
The site today forms an irregular triangle, the narrow wing of the castle surrounding the courtyard, with itsbergfried
''Bergfried'' (plural: ''bergfriede''; English: ''belfry''; French: ''tour-beffroi''; Spanish: ''torre del homenaje'') is a tall tower that is typically found in castles of the Middle Ages in German-speaking countries and in countries under German ...
known as ''Dicker Heinrich'' or "Fat Henry", faces the River Zschopau; the side facing the town is sealed by a wall. The staircase tower
A staircase tower or stair tower (german: Treppenturm, also ''Stiegenturm'' or ''Wendelstein'') is a tower-like wing of a building with a circular or polygonal plan that contains a stairwell, usually a helical staircase.
History
Only a few e ...
in the corner of two wings is called ''Schlanke Margarete'' or "Skinny Margaret".
Literature
* * Autorenkollektiv: ''Geschichte der Stadt Zschopau. Entstehung bis 1945.'' Zschopau, 1989. * Heinz Bauer: ''Die Zschopauer Burg. Probleme ihrer Datierung.'' In: ''Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter'' 15(1993)5, pp. 6–9, * Eberhard Hahn: ''Schloss Wildeck in Zschopau einst und jetzt.'' In: ''Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter'' 26(2004)1, pp. 2–5,External links
Website of Wildeck Castle
{{Coord, 50, 44, 44.6, N, 13, 04, 06.8, E, type:landmark_region:DE-SN, display=title Hunting lodges in Germany Castles in Saxony Ore Mountains Buildings and structures in Erzgebirgskreis