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Lichtenwalde Castle

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1280
Heritage status
heritage monument in Saxony
Location
Niederwiesa
Coordinates
50.8836°, 13.0108°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Lichtenwalde Castle in Germany
Photo: Geisler Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Lichtenwalde is a Baroque palace owned by the Free State of Saxony, located in the district of the same name in the municipality of Niederwiesa in the district of Mittelsachsen. The palace is surrounded by a Baroque park with numerous water features, which in 2005 was named one of the most beautiful parks in Germany. Schloss Lichtenwalde with its park is one of three houses that, alongside Schloss Augustusburg and Burg Scharfenstein, belong to the group “Die Sehenswerten Drei”.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Lichtenwalde” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Lichtenwalde Castle ranks #5,993 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #586 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1280, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,934 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Dresden, 54 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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