Germany · 12th century
The Marburger Schloss (or Marburg castle), also known as Landgrafenschloss Marburg, is a castle in Marburg, Hesse, Germany, located on top of Schlossberg (287 m NAP). Built in the 11th century as a fort, it became the first residence of Landgraviate of Hesse (HRE). The Marburg Colloquy was held here in 1529.
Today the building is used as a museum (Marburger Universitätsmuseum für Kulturgeschichte, Wilhelmsbau, since 1981) and as an event site.
Text adapted from “Marburger Schloss” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marburg Castle ranks #1,072 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #84 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 756 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,188 times in the last 60 days, more than 87% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Frankfurt, 78 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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