Germany · Still standing
Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress is a large hilltop fortress on a 9.5-hectare table hill above the left bank of the River Elbe in Saxony, Germany. The site comprises over fifty buildings, extensive high sandstone curtain walls and bastions, and was long used as a state prison, arsenal and secure refuge; today it survives intact as a museum complex.
Its prime
1895
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1895
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a 240-metre-high sandstone table hill above the Elbe, the fortress is ringed by continuous high sandstone curtain walls with angular bastions and a long rampart run. Behind the walls rise multi-storey plastered buildings with steep, dark slate roofs and regularly spaced small windows. The plateau contains clustered stone and plaster structures, gatehouses, artillery battery walls with firing points and paved courtyards; the ensemble sits on exposed rock faces and cut sandstone foundations.
Step inside
10 places to explore in 1895.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at Königstein Fortress — including 5 interiors: magdalenenburg courtyard and provisions magazine, central well shaft (152.5 m), st. john's hall / new armoury (johannissaal / neues zeughaus) and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Königstein Fortress with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1895 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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