Palace & château
Heidecksburg
🇩🇪 Germany
Heidecksburg is a Baroque palace in Rudolstadt, Thuringia, Germany. The palace served as the residence of the princes to Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. It is located prominently approximately 60 m above the old town. After a fire in 1735 and its reconstruction, it has remained intact, including during World War II.
Text adapted from “Heidecksburg” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Heidecksburg ranks #2,920 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #221 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,249 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 22 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Thuringia. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Heidecksburg?
Heidecksburg stands in Germany, at 50.723°, 11.339°.
How famous is Heidecksburg?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #2,920 of 8,133 worldwide, and #221 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 Heidecksburg?
Ranis, about 17 km away.
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