Schwarzenberg: the Perla Castrum

The former castle turned hunting lodge is now a museum. We really liked it, so a lot of pictures incoming. It featured a great deal of local wood art, by a woodcarver named Harry Schmidt and his students, some of which were incredibly detailed and intricate. This exhibit included carvings place in walnuts, and on the heads of matchsticks.

There was also local metal work, examples of bobbin lace work, mechanical toys and devices including an orchestra in a box and a full sized trumpet player, a history exhibit, and a special exhibit of toys. It was well done with some English text, but I got to read a lot of German, and didn't do as badly as I could have. The metal plate below shows a picture of Melanchthon, one of the Saxon rulers-- I completely forgot, and in the middle, Luther. There was also a wooden reproduction of the Furstenzug-- the wall of princes in Dresden, but the video didn't come out.Read more