CastlePockau-Lengefeld - Forchheim

Forchheim Castle

To be privately owned

Schloss Forchheim+

Forchheim is located in the central Ore Mountains not far from Olbernhau. The place is first mentioned in a document in 1299 as "Wrcheim". The castle was built in 1558 as the manor house of the "lower knight's estate" with a Renaissance portal.

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Source: schloesser-um-dresden.de · Image: Thomas Eichler

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