{{Short description|12th Century Castle in Saxony, Germany}} thumb|Purschenstein Castle {{Unreferenced|date=August 2024}}
'''Purschenstein Castle''' ({{langx|de|Schloss Purschenstein}}) in Neuhausen/Erzgeb. in East Germany was built in the late 12th century, around 1200, probably by Boresch I (Borso). The toll and escort castle protected a salt road running from Central Germany to Bohemia. This long-distance trading route, also called the Old Bohemian Track (''Alter Böhmischer Steig''), ran from Leipzig past present-day Neuhausen and over the Deutscheinsiedler Saddle towards Prague. In 2005, the castle was bought by a Dutch businessman. Since then it has been renovated and houses a hotel, the ''Schlosshotel Purschenstein''.
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Neuhausen - Purschenstein 2010-02 003.jpg|View of the snow-covered castle File:Neuhausen - Blick auf Schloss Purschenstein und die Stadtkirche - geograph.org.uk - 8097.jpg|Castle and town church File:Neuhausen, Schloss Purschenstein.jpg|Autumnal view from the station File:Neuhausen (1) 2006-07-15.JPG|View from Schwartenberg </gallery>
== See also == * List of castles in Saxony
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{commons|Purschenstein Castle|Schloss Purschenstein}} * [http://www.vonschoenberg.org/geschichte/Purschenstein.htm The von Schönberg at Purschenstein] * [https://www.purschenstein.de/ Home page of Purschenstein Castle] * [http://www.dickemauern.de/purschenstein/bi.htm Photo gallery of Purschenstein Castle] * [http://www.alte-salzstrasse.de/index.php?id=122 detailed information on Purschenstein as part of Project "Alte Salzstraße"]
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Category:Castles in Saxony Category:Buildings and structures in Mittelsachsen Category:Neuhausen, Saxony
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