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Königstein Fortress
in Saxon Switzerland

Upcoming Events

Children with knight helmet in the exhibition IN LAPIDE REGIS

2017/09/30 – 2017/10/15

Holiday Fun for Royal Children in Schlösserland Sachsen

Everyday changing holiday actions: make your own fortress souvenir with a historic printing press, draw like famous painters with the aid of a Camera Obscura or look for lost cannonballs ...

Musical and culinary specialties from the German states

on the occassion of the Day of German Unity. Take part in a round trip through the federal states of Germany with music, humor and goodies...

Special Admission Fee for Königstein Fortress!

Come to the big Mountain Fortress and pay less!

What's happening?

Simone Werner on the highline above town of Königstein and Elbe River

New highline record at Königstein Fortress

09.08.

2017/08/09

Young slackliners from Dresden and Leipzig set a new record on a highline in front of the fortress walls - 240 metres above Elbe Valley - and gave a breathtaking show to the visitors of the outdoor festival FESTUNG AKTIV! 2017

Bernd Arnold - Traces in the Sandstone

09.08.

2017/08/09

The exhibition shows on large-sized photos how the Saxon climbing pionieer Bernd Arnold shaped the development of climbing in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains over decades. The exhibition in the New Armoury is open until 3rd October, daily from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.

The City Wall of Nanjing

10.04.

2017/04/10

The Special exhibition about the city wall of Nanjing in China presents the past and the present of this spectacular construction that has its defence function and monumental size in common with Königstein Fortress.

Welcome at Königstein Fortressin Saxon Switzerland