Germany · 11th century
Herzberg Castle ranks #3,885 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #317 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,846 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
Herzberg Castle (German: Schloss Herzberg) is a German schloss in Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in the state of Lower Saxony. The present-day, quadrangular building has its origins in the 11th century as a medieval castle. After a fire in 1510 it was rebuilt as a schloss and is one of the few in Lower Saxony that was constructed as a timber-framed building. Because it belonged to the House of Welf for 700 years it is also known as the Welf Castle of Herzberg (Welfenschloss Herzberg).
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