Cultural Heritage Stories Booklet | Page 31

CADOLZBURG Castle Ricco Veit Who is in the story? Albrecht Achilles, Friedrich, Anne of Saxons, Elisabeth of Bayern

One day at the Cadolzburg Castle in the late Middle Ages, there were the“ Knight Games”, a big tournament. Albrecht Achilles, his father Friedrich I, Anne of Saxony and Elisabeth of Bavaria were watching a duel of two knights, when something terrible happened … Suddenly a group of enemies invaded the castle to defeat the whole town. They opened a fire to burn the castle down, with success. The whole castle was burning for days. After the fire had gone, the Cadolzburg was only a huge ruin. A horrible view!!
But many years later, around 1990, a big group of started to rebuild the castle and transformed it into a special place- a museum.
smart people had a great idea. They
Now many tourists visit the castle. Me and our class too!
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