Knight time and Easter surprises at Rochsburg Castle
Now it's getting exciting and fun: a guided tour of the time of the knights and Rochsburg Castle begins at the front gate. Together with tour guide Cindy Hiller, we go in search of little Easter surprises.
Special tour from tower to tower
On this tour, guests with a head for heights climb three towers of Rochsburg Castle. In addition to the keep, you can also visit the Powder Tower and the Rapunzel Tower. And you can delve into hidden, previously almost unseen areas of Rochsburg Castle.
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Tower tour in the Taurastein Tower - art installation All weather
The installation "Alle Wetter" by Via Lewandowsky can be experienced on the Taurastein Tower - part of the PURPLE PATH of the Capital of Culture Region Chemnitz 2025. A guided tour offers exciting insights into the history, architecture and the artwork in the Wettinhain.
Baroque evening
The Baroque Evening at Rochsburg Castle invites you on a two-hour journey through time into the culture of the Baroque, complemented by culinary snacks and an exclusive concert with the Central Saxony Music School on a restored Ziegler fortepiano.
Special guided tour of Rochsburg Castle
After climbing the tower, you will be rewarded with a unique view of the romantic Mulde valley and the castle courtyards. There is a lot to discover in the keep, which is otherwise not open to the public. The highlight is the one-handed clock with its gear train from 1640.
Theater tour: The scandalous duchess
It sounds scandalous. A duchess wakes up lightly clothed and with no memory of the previous night. What has happened? What will the consequences be? While searching for the clothes, the guests follow the noblewoman through the castle in an exciting spectacle.
Celebrate-Dance-Love - A guided tour of the pleasant side of castle life
How did the prince and princess meet at court? How could they express their love? And what had to be considered at a noble wedding? After a tour of the chambers and castle kitchen, everyone can shake a leg.
You can't close the door! A proverbial adventure tour
The stately chambers at Rochlitz Castle offer insights into the origins of idioms, the black kitchen humorously demonstrates medieval table manners, and in the prison towers it becomes clear how exaggerated it is to feel "like you've been wheeled".
A guided tour that nobody needs - Useless knowledge about Rochlitz Castle
An unusual tour of Rochlitz Castle: a star-struck castle guide serves up curious facts, bizarre incidents and useless knowledge with humor. From the cowshed under the chambers to carpet beating in the museum - historically questionable, entertaining
On the road with the master chef - a three-course journey through Renaissance court cuisine
Michael Kreskowsky takes you on an adventure tour. You will learn interesting and amusing facts about the castle. Afterwards, a 3-course menu based on a historical recipe is served at the table in the rustic black kitchen by the chef himself.
The Rochsburg Bienenburg - guided tour for young and old explorers
Bees buzz between the old castle walls, pollinating flowers and giving golden honey. Visitors experience the interplay of nature and history up close - the scent of beeswax, the sweetness of fresh honey and the magic of a protected paradise.
A trip to the former youth hostel at Rochsburg Castle
Tour guide Michael Kreskowsky takes visitors on an exciting journey through time to the former youth hostel at Rochsburg Castle and recounts its eventful history.
Für Kinder ab 5 Jahren geeignet.
Vacation offer for children: Knight school
The children learn lots of interesting facts about the life of a knight and how to use a crossbow, bow and sword.
Where the rabbit runs
A 90-minute tour of Rochlitz Castle provides exciting insights into whether knights were looking for Easter eggs or the damsel met the Easter bunny - with highlights such as the black kitchen, the chapel and the banqueting hall, where lavish parties were once held.
The Rochsburg Bienenburg - guided tour for young and old explorers
Bees buzz between the old castle walls, pollinating flowers and giving golden honey. Visitors experience the interplay of nature and history up close - the scent of beeswax, the sweetness of fresh honey and the magic of a protected paradise.
A trip to the former youth hostel at Rochsburg Castle
Tour guide Michael Kreskowsky takes visitors on an exciting journey through time to the former youth hostel at Rochsburg Castle and recounts its eventful history.
Black stories - the dark side of the castle's history
On the tour, tour guide Almut Zimmerman talks about the darker times in the castle's history, starting with the Middle Ages, the Reformation era, hunting fever during the Thirty Years' War and the period of Russian occupation.
Fire arrows and gun smoke - a guided tour of the castle's defensive capabilities
The tour offers exciting insights into the fortified nature of Rochsburg Castle - from the defenses to the historic battlements, which visitors can enter themselves while learning how the castle was once protected against attacks.
Guided tour experience: Fuck it...
Were there toilets back then? What did they look like? How did you clean your "backside"? What did the knight do in battle when he had to? This adventure tour focuses on the history and stories surrounding the "quiet little place".
Motherhood as a superpower - an uplifting guide to women regents
On Mother's Day, the focus is on strong women who worked before, behind, alongside and through their children. From empresses to electresses, we question why it is often only rulers who count, when none of them achieved worldly power without the strength and influence of their mothers.
Leadership: When is a man a man?
On this guided tour, the male part of the population can expect wood chopping, knightly behavior with armor and sword, the carpenters' craftsmanship and a tasting in the beer cellar, supplemented by entertaining anecdotes from the castle lords.
Of knights, princesses and castle ghosts - a family-friendly guided tour
During a 90-minute exploration tour through 1000 years of castle history, visitors listen to funny, interesting and exciting facts about the castle and its inhabitants. For example, about the princes who painted graffiti that can still be admired today.
General guided tour of the palace: Cross-section
This tour gives an overview of the most important places in the castle. For example, the black kitchen with its huge stove and functioning chimney and the huge towers that conceal dungeons and torture chambers.