The second courtyard is the smallest of the five courtyards. As you enter it immediately to the right of the gate is where the Master Gunsmith lived in an apartment (21). It was inside this courtyard that the smithy or forge and the Arsenal was located. The Arsenal, also called the “Kur zer Kasten” (19) contained hand-held weapons and canons which were stored in the two lower floors and grain on the upper floors. Corn from these floors which was harvested during the 1400's was exhibited in the first World Fair in 1889 in Paris.
As you look towards the west wall you can see the Burghausen sign of loyalty to the Kaiser known as "Oath Fingers." They are pinnacles sticking up that look like a swallow's tail.
Within this wall is a narrow road called "Stethaimer Weg" which leads down to the old town. Stethaimer was a master architect and builder who was born in Burghausen. He was famous for contributing greatly to the Bavarian Church architecture. His most famous church, St. Martin in Landshut had a nearly 450 feet high brick tower, which was the highest in the world.
The end of the third courtyard brings you to one of the most distinguished and best preserved bridge and gate of any castle of medival times. Known as George's Bridge and Gate, it is the narrowest part of this castle mountain and has a wonderful long wooden bridge with a moat 8 meters deep and 27 meters wide to go over. You can see some stairs leading down into the moat. Legends say that this was the way to an underground passage way leading down to the river for quick, invisible escapes. The George's Gate is massive and actually has two towers. Side by side on the wall are two coats of arms, one for George of Bavaria and one for Hedwig of Poland. Thus the Bavarian Lion and the Polish Eagle and their peoples were linked through marriage. The marriage of the couple in 1475 made history as the “Landshut Wedding” which is still celebrated today.