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Elisabethenburg Palace

Germany · 17th century

Founded
1692
Architect
Christian Richter
Heritage status
Heritage monument in Thuringia
Location
Meiningen
Coordinates
50.5703°, 10.4128°
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Elisabethenburg Palace in Germany
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Description

Elisabethenburg Palace (German: Schloss Elisabethenburg) is a Baroque palace located on the northwestern edge of Meiningen in Germany. Until 1918 it was the residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen. The castle now houses the Meininger Museum as well as the Max Reger archives, the Thuringian State Archives, the Max Reger music school, the Johannes Brahms concert hall, a restaurant, the tower Cafe, and the ceremonial rooms of the Meinigen City Council and Registry Office.

Text adapted from “Elisabethenburg Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Elisabethenburg Palace ranks #4,031 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #329 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1692, it is older than 22% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,671 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. 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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