Neuenburg Castle

Neuenburg Castle (German: Schloss Neuenburg) is a hilltop castle in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, on the spur-like foothills of a plateau above the eastern bank of the river Unstrut. Below the castle to the north lies the wine-growing town of Freyburg, which in turn is about seven kilometers north of Naumburg (Saale). The castle is a stop on the Romanesque Road, a route through the state of significant cultural and historic sites.The castle is owned and managed by the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation.

The castle was built around 1090 by the Thuringian count Ludwig der Springer, securing his territory in the east, as did its sister castle Wartburg in the west. The name Neuenburg derives from German for "new castle".

From 1656 until 1746 it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels.

Text adapted from “Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Neuenburg Castle ranks #2,792 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #211 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1125, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,589 times in the last 60 days, more than 72% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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