Bautzen - Schloss Ortenburg

The thousand-year-old castle of Ortenburg in Bautzen, once the seat of the royal governor of Lusatia, has lost much of its architectural unity as a result of destruction during the Thirty Years War and rebuilding at various times during its history. The tower (1486) at the north-east entrance dates from a rebuilding in the Late Gothic period; it bears a seated figure of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (of which Lusatia was a province from 1469 to 1490).

The massive main block of the castle, also Late Gothic, was altered in the mid 17th century and embellished with three Renaissance gables in 1698. On the first floor is the Audience Chamber, with fine figural stucco decoration on the ceiling (by Vietti and Comotan, 1662).