Ahlden House

Ahlden House (German: Schloss Ahlden) is a stately home at Ahlden on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was built in 1549, originally as a water castle on the river Aller, which has since changed its course. Nowadays the three-winged mansion is a private residence and is used as an arts auction house.

It is principally known as the place of imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, otherwise Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of George I of Great Britain and the mother of George II of Great Britain.

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Ahlden House ranks #3,348 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #266 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1549, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 827 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,042 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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