Date made: 2011-08-16
Königstein Fortress is a unique testimony of European architecture. In the middle of the picturesque landscape stretches to the top of the table wall height 40 m.
More than 750 year history left behind an impressive masterpiece of late Gothic art building, renesansu i baroku.
The existence of Königstein wzmankowano already in 1241 year. Formerly a medieval castle existed here, which belonged to the kingdom of Bohemia. At the beginning of the fifteenth century Saxon rulers failed to wear an office in Wettiner. In 1516 the monks founded a monastery ?wondrous glory of Mary?, which existed for 1524 year.
There is a built from 1563 do 1569 the deepest well in Saxony, which is 152,5 m.
In 1589 was completed by order of the Elector Christian I expansion of the fortress. Since the rise of a new defense system no enemy dared attack her in August. At the request of Augustus the Strong were 1725 made the biggest wine barrel ? Konigsteiner (238.000 Litres), which have to 1818 year in the basement of the castle Magdalenenburg.
The fortress served from 1591 year as a state prison duchy of Saxony, and during the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) and I and World War II – as a prisoner of war camp.
The location of this fortress (9,5 ha i 2,2 km) provides fantastic views of the Elbsandsteingebirge and Eastern Ore Mountains.
Information obtained from the http://www.saechsische-schweiz-touristik.de/Festung_Koenigstein–pol528.html
Another attraction of the Saxon Switzerland is nearby: monadnocks called. Bastei w Niederrathen. Click for virtual tour z bastion.
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| apparatus: | Canon 500D |
| lens: | Falcon 8mm/F:3,5 |
| exposure: | 8, 1/160 , ISO100 |
| type: | Spherical panorama |
| HDR: | so, fusion + tone mapping |
| location: | Königstein (Germany) |