Blutenburg Castle
Schloss Blutenburg
This was built in 1438 as a hunting lodge for Albert III, Duke of Bavaria. It was on a river island between two arms of the River Würm, with the east arm dammed to create an ornamental lake - leisure rather than defence was always the intention here, and the ring wall, towers and gatehouse weren't designed against serious assault. It was embellished and extended by Albert's son Duke Sigismund, the stand-out being the chapel of 1488 in late Gothic style. Since 1983 the castle has housed the International Youth Library (Internationale Jugendbibliothek) so there is limited public access to the interior. You enter through the gatehouse into the courtyard. A stepped ramp or "ox piano" leads to the upper courtyard, with the Herrenhaus or mansion. The castle often hosts concerts and other cultural events and has a restaurant. Just outside is a modern sculpture park: notable works are the Spanish stone cross, the "plastic-granite" blocks, the Joseph Michael Neustifter memorial, and the memorial to the 7000 sent on the death march from Dachau just ahead of the Allied advance.
- Address
- Seldweg 15, off Verdistraße
- Getting there
- S-Bahn S2: München-Obermenzing
- Hours
- Daily Apr-Sep 09:00-17:00, Oct-Mar 10:00-16:00
- Price
- Free
Listing from Wikivoyage: Munich/South-West, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.