Guided tours are offered from April till October several times a day.
In addition, there are guided tours on special topics.

Please contact the museum information for enquiries and group bookings: phone +49 (0)35021 64-607, fax +49 (0)35021 64-609, info@festung-koenigstein.de

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Königstein Fortress talks - An expedition through the history of the fortress

Among other things, you can see defence systems such as rock-hurling holes, a machicolation and a  portcullis as well as a nineteenth-century underground ammunition loading system (in German, English and French).

Duration: approx. 90 minutes.
Admission: €3.00 for adults; children to the age of 16 free of charge
Charge for guided tours in other languages: €4.00 for adults, group bookings min. €80.00 (up to 20 persons, €4.00 for each additional person).
No more than 40 people.

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Ammunition loading systems, casemates and deep cellars - Hidden secrets of the Königstein Fortress

Discover the hidden deep cellars from the Renaissance era and an underground ammunition loading system from the 19th century, and the hidden Caponnière passage (in German).

Duration: approx. 90 minutes
Admission: €3.00 for adults;
children to the age of 16 free of charge
Group bookings: min. €60.00 (up to 20 persons, €3.00 for each additional person).
No more than 40 people.

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Key to the past – Captain Clemens talk about everyday life in the fortress

A family-friendly tour of inspection with the captain in his baroque uniform, with tales on amusing aspects of the soldiers’ everyday lives in times gone by (only in German / with a small surprise at the end of the tour!)

Duration: approx. 80 minutes
Admission: €4.00 for adults;
€2.50 for children from 7 to 16 years of age

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Scary stories from the fortress chronicle – A night-time tour over Königstein

Captain Clemens in his baroque uniform invites you to a night-time walk by lantern light (prior bookings / only in German).

Duration: approx. 100 minutes
Admission: €12.00 for adults;
€6.00 for children from 7 to 16 years of age
Included: a small surprise from the "machine table" in the Frederick's castle

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