Schloss Eggersberg, Castle museum in Riedenburg, Germany.
Schloss Eggersberg is a museum housed in a Renaissance building that sits on a hill above the Altmühl Valley, constructed with corner towers and stepped gables. Inside, the collections display items from the castle's former administration and everyday life of people who lived there or nearby.
The building originated in the 9th century and changed ownership multiple times, including the Wolfsteiner and Pappenheimer families who held it as vassals of the Wittelsbacher family. These changes in rulership shaped the castle's physical form and its significance for the region across centuries.
The castle served as the seat of the de Bassus family, and visitors can see household objects from rural life and administrative documents from that era displayed throughout. The collection reveals how nobility and their staff coexisted in the region.
The museum lies directly on the Altmühl Valley Panorama Trail and the Altmühl Valley Cycle Path, making it easy to reach during a hike or bike ride. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes since the building sits on a hill and the path to it slopes upward.
The area surrounding the castle yielded major paleontological discoveries, including the smallest dinosaur in the world and one of the oldest known examples of a bird. These fossil finds make the region important to scientists studying how life evolved.
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