Zwinger Castle Park – Historic Old Town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg loop from Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Zwinger Castle Park – Historic Old Town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg loop from Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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Zwinger Castle Park – Historic Old Town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg loop from Sulzbach-Rosenberg
01:10
4.35km
50m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: April 18, 2026
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Parking
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919 m
Old Town Walls and Rosenberger Gate Tower
Highlight • Historical Site
Just 100 years later, the area of the city had almost tripled, so that a new defensive wall was built, which is still preserved in many areas today.
It surrounds the Fürstenquelle in the south.
To the north and east, the wall was exposed to huge trenches, on whose entrenchments Count Palatine Theodor Eustach had the avenue of trees laid out in 1729.
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1.42 km
Zwinger Castle Park
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1.48 km
View of Hohenburg Castle and City Walls
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1.54 km
Dragon Trail
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Such a mighty one called Ystorion, of the ancient race of Welsh dragons, made his lair here.
Follow "Ystorion" in the moat through the Middle Ages to the early modern period.
The six stations of this adventure trail convey interesting facts about the political, cultural, economic and social history of Sulzbach-Rosenberg!
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1.78 km
Historic Old Town of Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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The castle and town regained great importance as the capital of New Bohemia between 1353 and 1373 under Charles IV, who married Anna, the daughter of Count Palatine Rudolf in 1349. As in the early and high Middle Ages, the castle and town benefited from their convenient location on the so-called Golden Road from Nuremberg to Prague and the rich mineral resources (iron ore).
Charles IV rendered outstanding services to the city. For at least 89 days he issued documents at Sulzbach Castle, which thus had the function of a Palatinate. The fact that the emperor never stayed at the castle is a recent invention of local tradition. Charles IV had a new church built and the castle expanded, enriched the hospital and promoted mining. But his son Wenzel pledged the county to Bavaria. As a result of the Landshut War of Succession, in 1505 it went to the Palatine Wittelsbach family.
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1.83 km
Sulzbach-Rosenberg Castle
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The Sulzbacher castle was from the 8th to the 12th century an important center of power on the Nordgau and is one of the earliest medieval facilities in Bavaria.
The then lords of the Carolingian aristocracy had a series of buildings built. Including the castle chapel, which has been preserved to this day, mostly in the rising masonry of the chapel. Probably from 1003 the castle came to the Counts of Sulzbach, what larger construction measures, including an octagonal residential tower, pulled.
Already under Emperor Charles IV, the castle was largely laid out and expanded in the form in which it still exists today. The Palas, which shaped the appearance of the castle, was built around 1300.
From 1581, the castle was then Sulzbach Wittelsbacher residence and one of the largest castles of the Wittelsbacher in northern Bavaria. Augustbau closed the ensemble in the north at the beginning of the 17th century. Inside, the foundations of the Romanesque keep can be visited.
Today, the State Construction Office Amberg-Sulzbach uses the castle, city library and city. Singing and music school are located in the former palace barracks in the lower castle courtyard. Furthermore, in the castle the police inspection Sulzbach-Rosenberg, the Criminal Investigation Office Amberg-Sulzbach and a depot of the State Archives Amberg.
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2.15 km
St. Mary's Parish Church (Sulzbach-Rosenberg)
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3.10 km
Old Watchtower, Sulzbach-Rosenberg
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4.35 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
2.15 km
1.64 km
243 m
163 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.21 km
1.31 km
521 m
175 m
122 m
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