Wandering Around Veste Coburg (Coburg Fortress)
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Here comes part two of my visit to Coburg – part one is here.
By the way, feel free to skip these travel posts 🙂 I am just writing them up for memory keeping, and for those of you who enjoy my travel posts… but if you are only here for stitching, don’t feel obliged to read them!
I absolutely adore castles! Any chance I get, I love to go and visit one… they fascinate me, just the way they were built, the way people must have lived… etc, etc..
The best castle I visited in Germany was when I went to see Neuschwanstein Castle – now that is a fairytale castle!
So when my uncle told me there was a castle in Coburg, I immediately decided that would be a great place to visit!
Turns out there are more than one castles or palaces in Coburg 🙂
I was thinking we would be going to either the one that Prince Albert was born in, or another that both he and Queen Victoria visited regularly.
But we went to Veste Coburg instead, which was also very interesting and is actually a fortress style castle…
Apparently this fortress has never been breached in its history – which when you look at the surrounding terrain and the thick walls, is not surprising…
It was quite a hike to get to the castle gate…
They were doing quite a bit of renovation work on it…
Can you imagine the upkeep on a place like that!
The history of Veste Coburg is quite interesting, construction having started in the 10th century. In 1530 Martin Luther took refuge there when he was under an Imperial Ban, and did some of his Bible translation work there…
There was a chapel in the fortress, and quite a bit of religious symbology, but a lot of the displays were also dedicated to the weapons and armor of the different eras….
I was able to do a self -guided tour, and followed the arrows from one floor to another, and into different wings of the castle…
There would have been so much more to explore, but many of the stairways were blocked off….
I behaved myself and followed the arrows 🙂
There was a glass exhibition in one of the great halls, with some amazing glass blown art. Here’s a pic of just one of them:
Some people are so talented!
There were lots of little nooks and crannies to sit in:
Well, not for us, but clearly for those who use to live there…
The closest thing to quilting I found was this well guarded tapestry…
And one more…
The last room I went in was full of coaches…
… of many different styles…
The inside of this one was well padded, but I do wonder how comfortable it actually was to ride in:
I took many more photos, but this post would go on forever if I put them all in… I would have liked to see a bit more of the personal living situations and some of the kitchen, but those parts were not on display… But I really enjoyed the visit, it was very interesting to see it all!
Next time I’ll have to check out one of the other castles 🙂 But who knows when that will be!!
Looks amazing! I am always intrigued with those castles and how many of them have survived. Thank you for sharing these adventures!
I would love to visit a castle. I know there are a few “faux” castles in the US but I want to visit a “real” one like you have done. Thank you for sharing your photos – please feel free to do more!
Beautiful views of the castle’s treasures! I liked the map, too, thanks! The blown glass is a favorite of mine!
Great… I love.
Many greetings to you.
WOW!
The first thing I thought of was how difficult that place would be to heat in the winter time. Can you imagine having to live there. I also wonder how they would keep food hot whilst being carried from the kitchen (no doubt in the bowels of the building) to the grand dining hall.