Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Hassenstein Castle

The trip north to the Hassenstein Castle is a pilgrimage for Jane. Most of her family has been to this castle up by the border with Germany, the first we know of was her great-grandfather and great-grandmother with her grandfather in 1912. He must have been told by his family where it was because it is remote even by today's standards.
Entrance and tower
Artillery Bastion
Entrance to the keep
Chapel diagram
Smaller south tower has a spiral staircase 
North Tower from the parking lot
Misto is a small village east of the larger industrial town of Chomutov
The basin is missing today, but it was there in 1912
Freeway sign on the road from Prague
This is the ticket you get after you pay the small fee to get in.
Artists rendition of what the castle might have looked like in 1550
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasi%C5%A1tejn_Castle

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