Germany · 12th century
Hohenbaden Castle (at the time of its establishment Schloss Hohenbaden, now Old castle or Altes Schloss) in German Baden-Baden was the residence of the margraves of Baden for almost 400 years. The castle was built around 1100 by Herman II, Margrave of Baden (1074–1130) on the west flank of the Battert rock.
Under Margrave Bernard I (1372–1431) the Gothic lower castle was built. This was expanded again by Jacob, Margrave from 1431 to 1453. At its peak, the castle had a hundred rooms. Christopher I built the New castle in the town of Baden itself and moved there in 1479.
The Old castle then served as a widow's residence until it was destroyed by fire in 1599.
Text adapted from “Hohenbaden Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hohenbaden Castle ranks #1,444 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #114 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1102, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,717 times in the last 60 days, more than 82% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Karlsruhe, 29 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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