In the year 1700 A new castle was built on the castle hill in the immediate vicinity of the rock cellars. Shooting range The previous training area in the city center had to be made available to the expansion of the Erlangen Neustadt Already 1729 The first shooting house was replaced by a representative new building.
All year round 1750 was the so-called third Pentecost holiday introduced – a special celebration for the traditional Bird or King Shooting, which remains a holiday in Erlangen to this day.
Since 1911 will that Old Town Shooting Range exclusively as Hospitality used; the actual shooting was discontinued. In the year 1928 took over the City of Erlangen the building. After a new construction between 1965 and 1967 The shooting range was finally 1999 sold.