Palace & château
Faber-Castell-Schloss
🇩🇪 Germany · 19th century
The Faber Castle, also known as Stein Palace, Schloss Faber-Castell, or the Pencil Castle, is a historicist palace complex from the 19th and early 20th century, consisting of two building sections.
The palace is located in the Middle Franconian town of Stein, on the border with Nuremberg. The adjoining Faberpark partly belongs to Nuremberg.
Machine-translated from “Faberschloss” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Faber-Castell-Schloss ranks #3,094 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #243 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1843, it is older than 9% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 655 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,170 times in the last 60 days, more than 86% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Faber-Castell-Schloss?
Faber-Castell-Schloss stands in Germany, at 49.4174°, 11.0212°.
When was Faber-Castell-Schloss built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1843. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Faber-Castell-Schloss?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,094 of 8,764 worldwide, and #243 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Faber-Castell-Schloss?
Nuremberg Castle, about 6 km away.
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