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Trausnitz Castle

Exterior

Today the exterior of Trausnitz Castle is dominated on the one hand by its medieval buildings such as the almost completely intact ring of fortifications with its walls, towers, gateway buildings and sections of the original battlements, as well as the high keep known as the Wittelsbach Tower.

With the magnificent arcaded inner courtyard, on the other hand, the castle displays its Renaissance heritage.


Picture: Plan of the castle grounds

Plan of the castle complex;
here you will find an external link enlarged version of the plan (130 KB).


Picture gallery with views of the castle exterior


Picture: Trausnitz Castle in 1770

Trausnitz Castle in 1770, painting, State Archives Landshut (room 1)


Picture: Wittelsbach Tower

Trausnitz Castle from the southwest with the Wittelsbacher Turm (Wittelsbach Tower), Jägerhaus (Hunters' House) and western ring wall

 

Picture: Princes' Stairway

The Fürstentreppe (Princes' Stairway), popularly known as the "Ochsenklavier" – literally the "ox piano" – with the Pulverturm (Powder Tower) in the background

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Picture: Outer gatehouse

Outer gatehouse at the entrance to the castle complex

 

Picture: Fortified wall with guards' walkway

Fortified wall with wooden, roofed guards' walkway on top bordering the Zwingerweg (outer ward)


Picture: Outer ward with Hunger Tower

Zwingerweg with the Hungerturm (Hunger Tower)

 

Picture: View of the Outer Castle Courtyard

View of the Outer Castle Courtyard through the opening by the Hungerturm, in the background the Wittelsbacher Turm

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Picture: Façade of the gateway building

Façade of the gateway building leading to the Inner Courtyard

 

Picture: Swedish Meadow

Schwedenwiese (Swedish Meadow) with the Falkenturm (Falcon Tower) (left) and the Waffenturm (Arsenal Tower)


Picture: Inner Castle Courtyard

Inner Castle Courtyard and main tract of the castle with the arcades ("Walkway Building") by Friedrich Sustris, 1578

 

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