Hohes Schloss
The aptly named “High Castle,” surrounded by formidable white walls and reached from the parish church below by a steep lane, was once the summer residence of the prince-bishops of Augsburg. While the coffered Rittersaal (Knight’s Hall) suggests pomp and ceremony, the courtyard frescoes, providing the illusion of many more gables and windows than are actually there, add a refreshingly light touch to the otherwise somber surroundings. The princely chambers house paintings and sculptures by 15th- and 16th-century Bavarian masters, including the Sippen Altar panels from 1510, showing eight chilling scenes of plague and war.
The aptly named “High Castle,” surrounded by formidable white walls and reached from the parish church below by a steep lane, was once the summer residence of the prince-bishops of Augsburg. While the coffered Rittersaal (Knight’s Hall) suggests pomp and ceremony, the courtyard frescoes, providing the illusion of many more gables and windows than are actually there, add a refreshingly light touch to the otherwise somber surroundings. The princely chambers house paintings and sculptures by 15th- and 16th-century Bavarian masters, including the Sippen Altar panels from 1510, showing eight chilling scenes of plague and war.
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