Purschenstein Castle
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Attribution: By Pessottino - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7574935
Purschenstein Castle was built as a toll and escort castle to protected a salt road running from Central Germany to Bohemia. This long-distance trading route, also called the Old Bohemian Trail, ran from Leipzig past present-day Neuhausen and over the Deutscheinsiedler Saddle towards Prague.
In 2005, the castle was bought by a Dutch businessman. Since then it has been renovated and houses a hotel, the Schlosshotel Purschenstein.
In 2005, the castle was bought by a Dutch businessman. Since then it has been renovated and houses a hotel, the Schlosshotel Purschenstein.
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