On the way back from our tour in May 2020, we took a short trip to a low mountain range before heading to a dear friend's house to end our vacation there. An abandoned hunting lodge, which was built at the end of the 17th century and has had a very varied history over the centuries, stands on a ridge in said mountain range. This hunting lodge was the destination of our short excursion that day.
After taking a road with (I think) 36 hairpin bends to get up the mountain, we reached the small side road to the old castle. As we were coming from the north, we didn't drive past the buildings in use opposite and remained unseen.
To avoid being seen from the main road, we parked directly behind the castle.
An entrance was quickly found - as was the realization that many parts of the building were in serious danger of collapse, while other parts already had collapsed.
The condition didn't make it easy for us to move through the building, because the collapsed areas meant that we always had to take detours, for example because a piece of the floor was missing in corridors and we had to find our way across another floor.
That's also why we were denied a view of the highlight of this location during this visit - the musicians' gallery in the church pavilion. We just didn't find the right way through the building.
We postponed this pleasure until our next visit, as we had an appointment for dinner and had to leave after a while.
To find out a bit more about the history of the place and to check out all the photos, click the button below.
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