Top 8 Castles around Räckelwitz

The Caminau castle ruins, with their three round towers, are an artificial ruin built in the 21st century and opened to the public after 2012. They are the highlight of the Caminau biotope network, which was constructed as part of the remediation and recultivation of the former open-cast mining site of the Caminau calamine works.

Very beautiful baroque palace with a picturesque park. The Saxon bird sanctuary is located in the manor pavilion.

The castle and park are really worth seeing

In this gem, which was built in its current form between 1720 and 1725, wedding parties or other events will find the best conditions for a great celebration, as the historic walls form a beautiful setting. In the large hall, over 100 people can feast and celebrate to their heart's content, and a maximum of 60 people can go into the hall for the wedding ceremony. The adjacent park around the castle invites you to stroll and provides a romantic backdrop for beautiful wedding photos. The figurine-decorated porch in front of the entrance, which dates back to 1918, makes for beautiful motifs for a bride and groom, and the porch gives the former simple manor a little more prestige.

Beautiful castle including chapel and castle garden. Worth stopping and watching at least once.

Beautiful well-kept castle complex. Nice to enjoy an ice cream and relax. Above behind the castle are aviaries of the nature conservation station, with animals that could no longer be released into the wild. Several nature trails and hiking trails in the Oberlausitzer heath and lake areas also start from here.

East of Kamenz lies the small village of Räckelwitz with its castle. Räckelwitz Castle - presumably built around 1750 - with its luminous Maltese cross above the entrance portal is a reminder of the more recent history of use. The castle chapel, which was built in 1885 in the Beuron style, is exceptional. The narrow building with a semi-circular chancel has arched windows. The neo-Romanesque church building wanted to represent a God's castle on the outside. more at: https://www.landurlaub-sachsen.de/kapelle-im-beuroner-stil-raeckelwitz.html

A great facility that invites you to visit. It was the country residence of Charlotte Countess von Kielmannsegge (1777-1863), Napoleon's spy by profession. Her enthusiasm for Napoleon dates back to 1797, when the Countess traveled to Italy with the painter Josef Mathias Grassi. Later she specifically sought contact and visited the Emperor in St. Cloud. She also lived in Paris for a time. She also maintained contacts with the French Minister of Police, Joseph Fouché, and is said to have worked as an agent for the French secret police. Due to her social contacts with the Talleyrand family, Auguste von Kielmannsegge proved to be Napoleon's most important informant. There, the spying became conspicuous over time and people warned about “this big, hulking woman from Kielmannsegge”, who often instigated intrigues in order to get more information about Napoleon’s opponents. After Napoleon's fall, she campaigned for his return from exile and, according to a chambermaid, is said to have visited him on Elba. Saxon government files show that Countess Kielmannsegge was under surveillance by the authorities for a long time and was considered a politically dangerous person. A private trip to contact Napoleon's family was prevented in 1818 at the instigation of the Saxon envoy in Vienna, Friedrich Albrecht von der Schulenburg. In 1822 she converted to the Catholic faith.