Herrenhausen Palace

Herrenhausen Palace (German: Schloss Herrenhausen) is a former royal summer residence of the House of Hanover in the Herrenhausen district of the German city of Hanover. It is the centrepiece of Herrenhausen Gardens. Sophia of Hanover oversaw the development of the estate in the late 1600s.

The 17th-century palace was destroyed by a Royal Air Force bombing raid in 1943 during World War II and reconstructed between 2009 and 2013. Today it houses a museum, a division of the Historisches Museum Hannover, and exhibition space.

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Herrenhausen Palace ranks #1,308 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #103 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Founded 1640, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,747 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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