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Rochsburg Castle

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rochsburg castle

Attribution: By Sir Gawain - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=70457

Location
Lunzenau, Mittelsachsen, Germany
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Built
12th century

Rochsburg Castle stands on a rock spur, surrounded on three sides by the Zwickau Mulde river, above the eponymous town quarter in Lunzenau; it is an important example of Renaissance architecture in Saxony. Over centuries, the Rochsburg has formed the centrepiece in the Saxon district of Rochsburg.

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