OPENING HOURS 2014 March to October | daily 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m March to April | Tue to Sun, at public holidays 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m Cranach school (?), Ostensibly Margaret of Rochefort as Judith with the Head of Holofernes, oil on panel, dated 1526, overpainted in the 19th © Collections artistiques de l´Université Liège. dated 1526, oil on panel, Ostensibly Margaret of Rochefort as Judith with the Head Holofernes, Cranach school (?), November to February closed for visitors ENTRANCE FEES 8,00€ | Reduced fee 4,00€ | Group fee granted to 15 people and up DIRECTIONS BY CAR via Federal Highway 4: exit Chemnitz-Ost, further along Federal Road B107 via Federal Highway 14: exit Döbeln-Nord, further along Federal Road B169 and B175 via Federal Highway 72: exit Rochlitz, further along Federal Road B175 PUBLIC TRANSPORT Journey by railway is possible to Geithain, Narsdorf, Mittweida or Erlau. From there take the bus to Rochlitz Castle. DISTANCES Chemnitz 43 km, Leipzig 55 km, Dresden 77 km, Erfurt 175 km, Berlin 244 km Nimbschen Monastery Colditz Castle Kriebstein Castle Hartenfels Castle Torgau For more information about Rochlitz Castle, events and rentals, visit www.schloss-rochlitz.de or www.facebook.com/Schloss.Rochlitz. State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony, non profit Ltd. Rochlitz Castle Soernziger Weg 1 | 09306 Rochlitz Phone +49 (0) 3737 4923-10 Fax +49 (0) 3737 49 23-12 [email protected] www.schloss-rochlitz.de www.facebook.com/Schloss.Rochlitz UNKNOWN HEROINE THE FEMALE SIDE OF THE REFORMATION GUIDED TOURS & EVENTS In the person of Elisabeth of The special exhibition puts at the focus women who contributed A story of STRONG WOMEN - Tour through the special exhibition Rochlitz, one of the most influential courageously and actively to the struggle aimed at reforming the clergy. approx. 1.5 h | also suited for children from age 12 women in the Age of Reformation Apart from the more famous ones, such as the former lady of the house 16th-century Can-do Woman: Duchess Elisabeth von Rochlitz lived and acted at Rochlitz Castle Elisabeth of Rochlitz, the princess of Reformation Elisabeth von Calenberg- approx. 1.5 h | Special offer for children from age 12 between 1537 and 1547. Elisabeth Goettingen or Luther’s wife Katharina von Bora, also the rather little known used her ruling position not only to female activists and protagonists of Reformation, such as Ursula Weyda, For updated information and more dates, prices, guided tours, hands- on offers and special events, please go to www.schloss-rochlitz.de and to help Reformation break through in Wibrandis Rosenblatt or Katharina Zell, and their actions are presented at www.facebook.com/Schloss.Rochlitz. And we will be happy to provide information the territory of her widow’s seat and Rochlitz Castle, thus saving them from the dark of history. personally. Please contact [email protected] Rochlitz Castle against her father-in-law’s, Duke George of Saxony’s, fierce resistance: With about 300 extraordinary 1000 YEARS OF HISTORY She corresponded and negotiated exhibits of the most varied nature Rochlitz Castle sitting on a high rock above the Zwickauer Mulde with both of the most important Pro- and provided by courtesy of nati- River between Leipzig and Chemnitz is an outstanding place along the testant imperial princes, her brother onal and international donors, the Luther Path. In its eventful one-thousand-year history, during which it Landgrave Philipp of Hesse and her special exhibition – for the first time Karpinski Photo: developed from a formidable castle into a gorgeous palace of highest cousin Elector John Frederick of Sa- and to such extent – documents fe- Letter in secret writing, authored by Elisabeth of Rapier and dagger of the Elector Augustus of Saxony, around 1560 © Rüstkammer, SKD. architectural brilliance, Rochlitz Castle served several purposes, such xony, on eye level. Saxony, called of Rochlitz, around 1545. male curricula vitae and their 16th- as a princes’ school, as a widow’s seat and as a princely residence Tip century spheres of life in a space Hartenfels Castle in Torgau: By showing your ticket of Rochlitz Castle, your ad- of the Saxon ruling dynasty of the Wettins. This is where Dedo the Fat As the only woman in the Schmalkaldic League and as a restless me- of display of about 1,300 m². This mission to the special exhibition »The Word in the IMAGE – Biblical depictions of ce- prepared his campaigns together with the emperor, in the course of diator, she became a tower of strength in the reformation among the princes is intended to correct the generally remonial weapons and artifacts of the Electors of Saxony in the Age of Reformation« on which he died as a result of unfortunate beauty surgery performed on in the empire. Elisabeth’s secret correspondence, which has largely been adopted image of the Age of Refor- display from 1 May to 31 October 2014 at Hartenfels Castle (www.skd.museum/ him (†1190), it was from here that William the One-eyed waged war preserved thanks to many strokes of luck, conveys to mation as a purely male event. torgau). Accession by schloesserlandPASS holders will also be discounted. against Bohemia (late 14th century) and this is also the place where, as us an image of her powerful and strongly willed Ambrosius Benson, Judith With the Head of a teenager, Frederick the Wise secretly carved still visible signs into the personality that has hardly been devoted any In a successful combination of Holofernes, Panel painting, between around SUPPORTERS & PARTNERS 1530 to 1533 © Musée de Grenoble. walls of his chambers (around 1477). attention in the historiography, which main- interactive media stations with high- ly focuses on men. The special exhibition value exhibits, including famous works by the Old Masters, such as Albrecht After almost 20 years of reconstruction, Rochlitz Castle has now looks at the extraordinary events around Duerer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Ambrosius Benson, but also authentic been restored in line with monumental preservation requirements and Elisabeth of Rochlitz dealing substantially everyday objects that were in use back then, the spheres of life of women The special exhibition »A story of STRONG WOMEN - 500 Years of Reformation«, which will was handed over to the public in 2013. Therefore, at Rochlitz Castle, re- and spatially with the more comprehensive in the Late Middle Ages and later on, even up to now, can be rediscovered. be displayed as part of the Luther Decade (Luther 2017), is promoted by the Commissioner sidential culture of the High and Late Middle Ages can be experienced in and general theme of “Women and Femi- The special exhibition »A story of STRONG WOMEN - 500 Years of acting on behalf of the German Federal Government for Culture and the Media (BKM) based space and time in a way hardly to be found anywhere else. The purpose ninity During the Age of Reformation”. Reformation«, which will be on show at Rochlitz Castle from 1 May until 31 on a decision taken by the German Parliament. of the new special exhibition is to focus on a largely forgotten chapter in October 2014, will be a unique exhibition experience for men and women Last reviewed: November 2013 the castle’s history: Rochlitz as an early center of Reformation. Lucas Cranach the Elder, Elisabeth of alike and across all social ranks. Rochlitz, Detail from Saxon family register, 1546, Mscr.Dresd.R.3 © SLUB Dresden. .