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Königstein Fortress
in Saxon Switzerland

Upcoming Events

reenactment event: military camp of historic uniform groups

2019/06/22–2019/06/23

The Swedish Conquer Königstein Fortress

Huge reenactment event with a military camp of historic uniform groups and the conquest of the fortress with cannons and muskets.
Shows take place between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Sunday Music in the Garrison Church

Listen to fifteen minutes of organ concert every full hour from 12 to 4 p.m.

15th Sparkassen Fortress Course

7,8 km running, walking & nordic walking from the city to and over Königstein Fortress.
Take part in this challenge yourself or cheer for the runners! Registration is open!

What's happening?

1818 ZEITSPRUNG 2018 - Special exhibition

New exhibitions in George's Castle

17.07.

2018/07/17

Recently we celebrated the opening of three new exhibitions in George's Castle - about the state prison, the construction history and the everyday life at the fortress around 1900

New Exhibition in the Well House

06.03.

2018/03/06

Since February 2018, the rooms at the Well House offer a new museum experience. 20 years after the former exhibition was opened in February 1998, it has now been newly designed and technically modernised.