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17: 127: 49: 135: 33: 41: 238: 25: 114:. The cycle of the statues of the apostles on the side walls was built around 1490/95. The executive master is controversial, which is why the statues are assigned to the "Master of the Blutenburg apostles." The apostles can not always be clearly identified as the attributes were partially reversed or lost. Appendant to these figures the " 139: 138: 143: 141: 136: 142: 140: 98:, but was rebuilt in 1680–81. The castle is still surrounded by a ring wall with three towers and a gate tower. The defensive character of the castle was significantly reduced by reconstruction in 17th century because the plant was no longer defensible. 137: 87:
of the 13th century. The core of this castle was a residential tower, the remains of which were uncovered in 1981. The fortress was first mentioned in writing only in 1432.
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style which still has preserved its stained-glass windows, along with the altars with three paintings created in 1491 by
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were forced to go on. This memorial is one of 22 identical sculptures erected along the routes of the death marches.
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in 1438–39 as a hunting-lodge, replacing an older castle burned down in war. The origin of this castle is a
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Sigismund of Bavaria also ordered the construction of the palace chapel, a splendid masterpiece of late
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Memorial to the death march starting at the Dachau concentration camp
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In 2013 at the Blutenburg Castle there was erected the Sculpture of
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The castle was built between two arms of the River Würm for Duke
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was set up to remember the thousands of victims of the
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Munich
Germany
Würm
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
moated castle
Sigismund of Bavaria
Thirty Years War
Gothic
Jan Polack
Man of Sorrows

International Youth Library
Hubertus von Pilgrim
death march
Dachau concentration camp
Agnes Bernauer
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria
Joseph Michael Neustifter
"KZ-Gedenkstätte Dachau: Death march monuments"
"Skulpturenpark. Joseph Michael Neustifter: Ein Denkmal für die Liebe"

Schloss Blutenburg
Blutenburg Palace
International Youth Library
Schloss Blutenburg (German Site)

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