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Fort Fort · Saxon Switzerland · 339 m

Festung Königstein

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  • Culture on the way: the mighty fortress Königstein.
    Culture on the way: the mighty fortress Königstein.
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Die Festung Königstein ist über 750 Jahre alt und ein einzigartiger Zeuge europäischer Festungsbaukunst.

Sie liegt 240 Meter über dem Elbspiegel und bietet einen hervorragenden Blick über die gesamte Region. Der 1241 erstmals urkundlich erwähnte Königstein wurd ab 1589 zur Landesfestung ausgebaut, die als uneinnehmbar galt. Einem ernsthaften Angriff musste die Festung, die als Ort höfischer Repräsentation und als Staatsgefängnis genutzt wurde, allerdings nie standhalten. Die bekanntesten Gefangenen waren der Miterfinder des europäischen Porzellans Johann Friedrich Böttger, der Dichter Frank Wedekind und der Sozialdemokrat August Bebel. Heute kann man in der Festung mehrere Ausstellungen besuchen. 

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50.918599, 14.055762
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50°55'07.0"N 14°03'20.7"E
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33U 433627 5641197
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