What remains of the Königsburg today?

Only fragments of the keep together with ditches and ramparts still bear witness to the former castle.

Where is the Königsburg ruin located?

It lies in Oberharz am Brocken, in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt, near the village of Königshütte.

Was the Königsburg the Bodfeld hunting palace?

This identification, proposed in the early 20th century, was disproved by archaeological research in the 1930s, though it is still sometimes promoted locally.

Is there an entry fee to visit the Königsburg ruins?

The site is outdoors and no fee information is documented for it.

Königsburg

Oberharz am Brocken

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Where: Oberharz am Brocken

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Ruine Königsburg stands in Oberharz am Brocken (Landkreis Harz), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Recorded dating: 14th century. No visits are on record for this building.

Near Königshütte in the Harz mountains, a wooded promontory carries the scant remains of Königsburg castle, overlooking the point where the Warme Bode and Kalte Bode rivers meet. What endures today amounts to little more than fragments of the keep together with faint traces of ditches and ramparts. Looking out from the ruins, one can clearly spot the Wurmberg and the Brocken, the two peaks that dominate the surrounding landscape. Documents first mention the stronghold in 1312 under the name castrum Königshof, though by the early 1700s it already lay abandoned.

Written from Königsburg

What to know

The ruins are an open-air site, visited freely, with no building or indoor area.
Access is on foot, via a hiking trail leading up to the promontory.
The Königsburg ruins form checkpoint number 41 of the Harzer Wandernadel hiking stamp network.
No information on fees, opening hours or accessibility is available for this site.

Where this château is

Oberharz am Brocken · Landkreis Harz · Sachsen-Anhalt

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Address

Am Katzenberg 1, 38875 Oberharz am Brocken-Elbingerode

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland
Period of construction: 14th century

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Frequently asked

What remains of the Königsburg today?: Only fragments of the keep together with ditches and ramparts still bear witness to the former castle.
Where is the Königsburg ruin located?: It lies in Oberharz am Brocken, in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt, near the village of Königshütte.
Was the Königsburg the Bodfeld hunting palace?: This identification, proposed in the early 20th century, was disproved by archaeological research in the 1930s, though it is still sometimes promoted locally.
Is there an entry fee to visit the Königsburg ruins?: The site is outdoors and no fee information is documented for it.