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Königstein Fortress
in Saxon Switzerland

Upcoming Events

champagne breakfast at Königstein Fortress

2019/06/02 - Sunday 07:00–09:00

Morning picnic high above Elbe Valley

Enjoy fantastic views, bright sunshine & fresh buns - our exclusive champagne breakfast is a very special moment for early birds.

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.

Thunder of Cannons above the Elbe Valley

More than 250 cannoneers in uniforms and historic personalities bring history alive. 30 exact copies of historic cannons will be fired several times throughout the d...

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.