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Lichtenwalde Castle and Park, Germany
Added: 2025-01-21
The original castle complex was built around 1230 by the Margraves of Meißen. In 1280 the castle was ruled by a knight named Heidenreich von Lichtenwalde, after whom the castle got it's name, read more...
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Derneburg castle (Schloss Derneburg), Germany
Added: 2025-01-20
Since 1213, there was a monastery on the site, which was confiscated in favor of the state in 1803. King Georg III donated the abandoned former monastery of Derneburg and its property to the Hanoverian minister Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster, read more...
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Glauchau castle (Schloss Glauchau), Germany
Added: 2025-01-20
There was a noble residence on the site from 1174, but no information about the date of construction of the original castle has survived, and it is known from indirect facts from the history of other castles.
The castle was built by the Lords of Schönburg, who were one of the oldest Saxon noble families and had held direct imperial possessions since the 12th century, meaning that they were subject only to the emperor, exercised their own territorial sovereignty and thus belonged to the highest nobility. The castle became the center of their new domain of Glauchau.
The modern castle in Glauchau was built in 1470. It became a residential palace with late Gothic arched windows, lancet arched portals, a ballroom and a palace chapel. Some other elements, such as stepped gables decorated with scrolls or a beautiful bay window, appeared in the Renaissance, read more...
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Wolkenstein castle (Schloss Wolkenstein), Germany
Added: 2025-01-20
Castle Wolkenstein was first mentioned in documents in the 13th century. From 1378, Wolkenstein was the seat of the Waldenburg family. After the death of the last Waldenburger in 1473, the estate passed to the territorial rulers of Wettin, read more...
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Wildeck castle (Schloss Wildeck), Germany
Added: 2025-01-17
A former hunting castle located on a cliff top in the town of Zschopau. The first information about the castle dates back to 1299 and at that time it consisted of only one defense tower, located on the site of the present-day Dicken Heinrich tower. Its height was 20 meters and the entrance was at a height of 14 meters, which allowed only one man to defend the tower, read more...
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Bentheim castle (Burg Bentheim), Germany
Added: 2025-01-17
A large, beautiful castle that we recommend visiting. The first mention of it dates back to the 11th century, when the castle was owned by Count Otto von Northeim, one of the most influential Saxon nobles, read more...
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Benkhausen castle (Schloss Benkhausen), Germany
Added: 2025-01-17
The castle was built between 1657 and 1683 and has not been rebuilt since. The castle building itself is not particularly interesting, but in combination with the other buildings of the estate and especially the castle park, it leaves a pleasant impression. Entrance is free, so if you're in the neighborhood, be sure to take a walk in the park, read more...
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