Castle Road

Castle Road

The Castle Road (German: Burgenstraße) is a stretch of highway in southern Germany (in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) and a small portion in the Czech Republic, between Mannheim and Prague.

It was established in 1954. In 1994 it was possible to extend it to Prague. It leads through the Neckar valley, the Hohenlohe Plateau, the Franconian Heights, Franconian Switzerland, the Fichtelgebirge and the Kaiserwald (Slavkovský les).The Castle Road has a length of over 1.000 Kilometers.

List of Places

The Castle Road at the moment passes, from west to east, the following places and landmarks.

* D-Mannheim – Mannheim Palace
* D-Schwetzingen – Schwetzingen Castle
* D-Heidelberg – Heidelberg Castle, Old Inner City
* D-Neckargemünd – Mountain castle Dilsberg
* D-Neckarsteinach – Castle Schadeck, castle Hinterburg, Mittelburg and Vorderburg
* D-Hirschhorn (Neckar) – Castle Hirschhorn
* D-Eberbach – Castle Eberbach
* D-Zwingenberg - Zwingenburg
* D-Neckargerach - Minneburg
* D-Binau - Castle Dauchstein
* D-Obrigheim – Castle Neuburg
* D-Mosbach – historical town centre
* D-Neckarzimmern – Castle Hornberg
* D-Haßmersheim-Neckarmühlbach – Castle Guttenberg
* D-Gundelsheim – Castle Horneck
* D-Bad Rappenau – Castle Heinsheim, Castle Ehrenberg, Watercastle Rappenau
* D-Bad Wimpfen – Kaiserpfalz Wimpfen
* D-Heilbronn – City itself
* D-Weinsberg – ruin Weibertreu
* D-Jagsthausen – Götzenburg (castle of Götz von Berlichingen)
* D-Öhringen – Castle Öhringen
* D-Neuenstein – Castle Neuenstein
* D-Waldenburg – Castle Waldenburg
* D-Schwäbisch Hall – Comburg
* D-Kirchberg an der Jagst – Castle Kirchberg
* D-Langenburg – Castle Langenburg
* D-Rothenburg ob der Tauber – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, medieval town
* D-Ansbach – margraveial residence, Orangerie and Hofgarten Ansbach
* D-Romantic Franconia – Castle Colmberg, Veste Lichtenau, castle of the Teutonic Knights Wolframs-Eschenbach
* D-Abenberg – Castle Abenberg
* D-Roth – Castle Ratibor
* D-Nürnberg – Nuremberg Castle
* D-Franconian Switzerland – Kaiserpfalz Forchheim, Ebermannstadt, Mark Wiesenttal, Burg Egloffstein, Castle Gößweinstein, Castle Waischenfeld, Castle Aufsess, Castle Greifenstein
* D-Bamberg – Castle Altenburg, New Residence in Bamberg
* D-Coburg – Castle Ehrenburg, Veste Coburg, Castle Callenberg
* D-Lichtenfels – Castle Lichtenfels
* D-Kronach – Fortification Rosenberg]
* D-Kulmbach – Plassenburg
* D-Bayreuth – New Castle Bayreuth, Old Castle Bayreuth, Eremitage
* CZ-Cheb – Castle Eger
* CZ-Lázně Kynžvart – Castle Königswart (Lazne Kynzvart)
* CZ-Loket – Castle Elbogen (Hrad Loket)
* CZ-Bečov nad Teplou – Castle Petschau (Hrad a zámek Bečov)
* CZ-Teplá – Monastery Teplá
* CZ-Švihov – Castle Švihov (Vodní hrad Švihov)
* CZ-Nezvěstice – Castle Nebilau (Zámek Nebílovy)
* CZ-Šťáhlavy – Castle Kozel (Zámek Kozel)
* CZ-Hořovice – Castle Hořovice
* CZ-Zdice – Castle Žebrák (Hrad Žebrák), Castle Točník (Hrad Točník)
* CZ-Křivoklát – Castle Křivoklát (Hrad Křivoklát)
* CZ-Karlštejn – Castle Karlštejn
* CZ-Prague (Praha) – Prague Castle

Gallery

Literature

* Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Die Burgenstraße": "Burgenstraßen-Radwanderführer". Hrsg. Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Die Burgenstraße", Heilbronn. J. Fink-Kümmerly + Frey Verlag GmbH, Ostfildern
* Hans Konrad Schenk: "Hohenlohe vom Reichsfürstentum zur Standesherrschaft". Swiridoff-Verlag Künzelsau, 2006. ISBN 3-89929-080-1

External links

* [http://www.burgenstrasse.de/?lang=uk/ Official site in English]
* [http://www.heilbronn-franken.de/Burgenstrasse/orte.htm Castle Road from Mannheim to Waldenburg]
* http://www.burgen.strasse-online.de


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