Schloss Scheer, Gothic castle in Scheer, Germany.
Schloss Scheer is a Gothic castle in Scheer along the Danube River featuring three multi-story buildings with stepped gables. These structures connect through a lower cavalier building that contains the castle chapel.
The castle was commissioned by Count Andreas von Sonnenberg between 1485 and 1496, replacing an earlier medieval fortress on the same site. This construction marked a shift toward a more fortified and stylistically Gothic structure.
The Knight's Hall in the northern building shows medieval architectural style and served as a space for gatherings. This room reflects how the family and their guests came together in this castle.
The castle is privately owned and not open to visitors. It can only be reached from the northeast via the steep Schlosssteige, as the parish church of St. Nikolaus borders the northern forecourt. The exterior is visible from the Danube valley and the Schlosssteige.
The single detached round tower with a tent roof stands south on the Mühlberg and dates from around 1730; it guarded the zwinger on that side. A bridge there crosses the ditch to the castle park, laid out in the 18th century as an English landscape garden on the former Raigelsberg.
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