Trausnitz Castle

Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in Landshut, Bavaria in Germany.

It was the home of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and it served as their ducal residence for Lower Bavaria from 1255–1503, and later as the seat of the hereditary rulers of the whole of Bavaria. The castle was founded in 1204 by Duke Ludwig I.

The Knights' Hall of Castle Trausnitz belongs to the main buildings of the 13th century and there were already around 1260/70. The room is 245 m2 and is separated in two naves, to four "Jochen" a nave. The constructions that were used belong to the time period of the so-called "Zisterziensergotik".

Today the Knights' Hall is used for festival banquets or for short exhibitions.

The "Loggia", already called so since 1493, was finished in the 16th century. The Tower Terrace sports a great view of the city through the round arcs. On the east side there is a stair tower. The wooden ceiling with shaped rosettes is descended from the time of Wilhelm V. There is a stone walled music platform on the south side of the room. The "Söller" is today used for many different functions, and it holds a maximum of 99 people.

The White Hall is on the first floor of the Dürnitz tract and is directly above the Knights' Hall. The White Hall has probably existed since the 15th century and was most likely planned as a big ballroom. It appears that the hall was never finished, because there are no traces of paintings as usual for the castle at this time.

The approximately 240 m2 tall room, which is two floors large, is used today for banquets, greetings, concerts and lectures.

A phenomenon in the Renaissance that proliferated Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the cabinet of curiosities was in essence a personal collection of rare, unknown and marvelous objects. Popular, visual and encyclopedic in their approach, these cabinets, or Wunderkammern, included a diversity of specimens from both known and newly discovered worlds. These collections of curious objects that are seemingly not human in nature require the idea or application of human characteristics and traits to describe their inhuman state.

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Trausnitz Castle ranks #1,297 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #101 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Founded 1204, it is older than 76% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,597 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Munich, 61 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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