Ein Heldenempfang
A hero's welcome
Fireworks over the bridge, a herald on the wall, a banner with your name on it, and a portcullis that rises by itself, to a fanfare. Bad Niederprunk does like to make an occasion of it.
Willkommen in PrunkensteinWelcome to Prunkenstein
Germany's grandest dungeon. Heroes admitted free.
Die LegendeThe legend
A cursed kingdom. A tyrant king at the bottom of the grandest dungeon ever built. And one knight, magnificent, who would be the first to tell you so.
Once, the kingdom of Prunkenstein was the envy of the world, and five bright stars watched over it.
Its king, Ludolf von Prunk, the Terrible, spent its treasury on the grandest dungeon ever built, and sat at the very bottom of it, on his gold.
Then came the Curse of the Stars. One by one, the stars began to fail.
Only one hero could break it. He was, he would be the first to tell you, magnificent.
Der FilmThe trailer
Sir Roderick's own brief for the quest, in his own words.
SehenswürdigkeitenAttractions
What awaits you
Das Verlies
The Prunkenstein Vaults
Hall after hall beneath the castle: goblins, archers and the Tyrant's Guard, traps of fire, shafts to climb and cellars to swim. Run, jump, fight, block and shoot your way down.
Die Schatzkammer
The Treasury
Legendary loot in every chest, and on its plinth in the Treasure Room the Kingbreaker: a hammer that hums, and that no shield will stop.
Der Brunnen der Fünf Wächter
The Fountain of the Five Watchers
Rest at the healing fountain, shop with the castle's own merchant, have the smith temper your hammer, and spend your skill points in the constellations on the ceiling.
Der Drache
Ashmaw
The Tyrant King's dragon, guardian of the Grand Stair, eater of the Ninth Expedition and most of the Tenth. It flies. It floods its arena with fire. Visitors are asked not to feed it.
Die Große Treppe
The Grand Stair
One thousand four hundred and twelve steps, all but one of them structural, under a dome of painted stars. The Tyrant King waits at the bottom.
GästebuchThe visitors’ book
What our visitors say
- ★★★★★
The portcullis rose of its own accord. In eleven castles, that has never once happened to me. A most proper dungeon.
Sir Roderick Vane, the Undaunted
- ★★★★★
FIREWORKS when you arrive!! The dragon was SO hot. Literally. We are coming back every year forever.
Die Goldene Schar, adventuring party
- ★★★★★
Historically impeccable, architecturally ambitious and, on the whole, correctly labelled.
Magister Anselm Besserwisser, Loremaster
- ★★★★★
Halt! Nobody gets through here!
Gerd, Guard Post 1 (on duty)
Mitarbeiter des MonatsEmployee of the Month
Gerhard “Gerd”
Guard, Guard Post 1
For never once leaving his post.
Meet the staffIhr BesuchYour visit
Plan your visit
- The castle and the Vaults
- Open nightly, from dusk
- The fireworks
- On a hero's arrival
- Heroes
- Free
Trains run to Bad Niederprunk; follow the castle road to the bridge, and the herald will do the rest.
Opening hours, the map and the house rules