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Bieberstein Palace, Hesse

Germany · 18th century

Founded
1710
Architect
Johann Dientzenhofer
Location
Hofbieber
Coordinates
50.5733°, 9.85111°
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Bieberstein Palace, Hesse in Germany
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Description

Bieberstein Palace (Schloss Bieberstein) is a baroque palace that was built between 1710 and 1740 by Bamberg architect, Johann Dientzenhofer. It is located in the parish of Hofbieber, which is part of Langenbieber, and about 2 km south of Hofbieber on the hill of the Kugelberg (505.1 m above NN), a southern spur of the Hessenliede (517.7 m above NN). South of the Kugelberg the terrain descends into the valley of the Bieber. The palace is about 16 km east of Fulda, the county town.

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In the rankings

Bieberstein Palace, Hesse ranks #5,429 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #468 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1710, it is older than 20% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,100 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Frankfurt, 98 km away. It is one of the 38 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Thuringia. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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