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Every page on festungkoenigstein.com, grouped by what you are trying to work out. If you have landed here because a link sent you nowhere useful, the three pages that answer most questions are how admission actually works, how you get up 240 metres and which tours set foot on the rock at all.
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- Home — Festung Königstein
- The complete fortress guide
- All Königstein Fortress tours
- Is Festung Königstein worth visiting?
Choose a tour
Tickets and entry
Getting there, and up
On the fortress
- What to see
- Eight centuries on the rock
- The well, 152.5 metres down
- Eating on the plateau
- Sleeping up there
- Events through the year
The stories, and the myths
- Was it ever conquered?
- Napoleon at Königstein
- Three centuries as a state prison
- The one escape that worked
- The chimney sweep who climbed in
- Films shot here
- Who owns the fortress
Plan the day
- Best time to visit
- What to wear
- Going with children
- Königstein or the Bastei?
- The Lilienstein, across the river
Tour reviews
- All tour reviews
- Saxon Switzerland day trip review
- Paddle steamer cruise review
- Lilienstein and Königstein tour review
About this site
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