Cadolzburg Castle

The market, first mentioned in 1388, was named after Cadolzburg Castle, mentioned in 1157. However, the current building stock of the castle complex dates from the 13th to the 18th century. From 1260, Cadolzburg served as the seat of the Hohenzollern burgraves of Nuremberg. Elector Friedrich I of Brandenburg fundamentally rebuilt the castle. He died there in 1440. During the Thirty Years' War, the castle remained undamaged. At the end of World War II in 1945, the castle went up in flames and lay in ruins for decades. The Bavarian Palace Administration secured the castle rock and building fabric in years of work. The interior design of the old castle with the chapel wing is still pending for the coming years.

In the future, a castle museum will be housed in the rooms, utilizing the historic spaces to convey a vivid impression of life in a medieval princely castle.

South of the main castle is a generously proportioned outer bailey with predominantly 17th and 18th-century buildings, as well as a walled pleasure garden area. The gate tower with the clock turret is a Gothic component (13th/14th century).

The reconstruction of the main castle, which began in 1982, was provisionally completed in 2007 with the restoration and partial redesign of the outdoor facilities by the landscape architecture firm Wiegel.