Experience the Middle Ages up close

There are few places where the myth and magic of the Ore Mountains come together like at the medieval Scharfenstein Castle - built around 1250 during the colonization of the Ore Mountains after silver ores were discovered there. Scharfenstein Castle is considered to be one of the oldest manor houses in Saxony. The castle has been continuously inhabited and used for more than 750 years, and various construction phases characterize its appearance - the keep, for example, dates back to the medieval "original castle" (around 1250), while the famous portal was only added 400 years later in Renaissance times. Highlights: Christmas and toy museum: historical incense smokers, candle arches and Christmas pyramids from all over the Ore Mountains Castle museum: 800 years of castle history and folk hero Karl Stülpner, the "Robin Hood of the Ore Mountains" "Family-friendly" rating: changing special exhibitions, fairytale and ghost days, medieval village, and much more.