Object information:

Address

90556 Cadolzburg

Information

Burgverwaltung Nürnberg
Auf der Burg 13
90403 Nürnberg
(09 11) 24 46 59-0
Fax (09 11) 24 46 59-3 00
burgnuernberg@
bsv.bayern.de
www.kaiserburg-
nuernberg.de

Opening hours

No regular museum opening. Function rooms on request

Guided tours

The Cultural Office of the Markt Cadolzburg offers guided tours (in German) on the following dates:
mid-March to October:
Sundays and public holidays at 2 pm; tours for groups can be booked in advance. Please call +49 91 03 509-58
Costs: 2 euros per person, children under 10 are admitted free of charge.

The rooms are accessible only in parts. The toilet for the disabled is open only during guided tours.

Cadolzburg
www.bahn.de
It is an approximately 20-minute walk from Cadolzburg station to the castle.

"Marktplatz" (2-minute walk to the castle) or parking "Höhbuck" (10-minute walk to the castle)

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Cadolzburg Castle – Cadolzburg near Fürth

Cadolzburg was first mentioned in the year 1157 as the castle of the Rangau counts from Abenberg. In the mid-13th century it was acquired by the burgraves of Nuremberg and later on by the Hohenzollerns, who frequently used it as a seat of government and eventually turned it into a fortress as a basis for military action against Nuremberg. The main castle, perched on a steep rocky spur, is surrounded by a high ring wall dating from the 13th century. Also within this wall are the residential tracts of the New Building and the Old Building, which were altered and extended in the 15th and 16th centuries. Outside the ring wall are an inner and outer ward; there is also a bailey, the Castle Garden and a marketplace which was originally fortified. The extensive preservation measures undertaken by the Bavarian Palace Department were considerably prolonged due to a fire in 1945.