The remains of the Castle can be visited
CastleStadt Wehlen
Wehlen Castle
Wehlen Castle is a partially preserved spur castle on a promontory at 245 m above sea level, 25 meters above the Elbe river in the town of Wehlen in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district in Saxony.
The castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century and first mentioned in a document in 1269. In 1245, Henry the Illustrious received the castle as a gift from the Bohemian King Ottokar I, under whose protection the settlement of Wehlen developed.
The Saxon noble family of Saalhausen resided as lords of Wehlen Castle, who also owned property in the adjacent North Bohemia. From 1547 onwards, the castle was no longer inhabited and gradually fell into disrepair.
Of the former 85-meter-long and 16-meter-wide castle complex with two outer bailey, only the foundation walls of a tower, a cellar, and a round building, presumably a bastion called the "Trommel" (Drum), remain.
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