Castle Sch�nfels, situated on a mountain cone it soars proudly above the village of Sch�nfels. The stewards of Weida constructed the castle around 1180 as fortifications.�The castle was first mentioned in 1225.
Until the year 1354�under the sovereign of the stewards of Weida, who are also considered as the founder of the Vogtland, the land-tenure changed again and again in the following centuries.

In the course of the land reform in 1945 the last owner, the family von R�mer was dispossessed. Since 1975 the castle houses a�museum.

At the museum the visitor can learn about the history of the medieval castle facility, the Peasant War events in the region and the traditional life and work of the farming population.

Image Copyright: Wolfgang Buttkus

In the course of the castle's rebuilding to a living castle in the 15th century a first heated room the bower was constructed.



It has been nearly completely preserved a late-gothic timber-plank parlour, painted and designed with renaissance pattern.

A jewel of the castle is the chapel, which originated in the middle of the 15th century. Its late-gothic architecture with baroque elements is an eyecatcher for every visitor to the museum. At the end of the 17th century a lectern, gallery, vestry and the winged altar were built in.
The organ completely made of wood by unknown master builders is unique in Europe. Sie It can be played again and sounds at festive occasions.�