Castle
Iburg Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 11th century
The so-called Iburg Castle (German: Schloss Iburg), is a castle and former Benedictine abbey in Bad Iburg, Germany.
From ca. 1100 till 1673 it was the seat of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabrück. It is also notable as the birthplace of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia.
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Iburg Castle ranks #3,021 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #225 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1070, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 171 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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