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Rastede Castle

Germany

Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Location
Rastede
Coordinates
53.2424°, 8.20189°
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Rastede Castle in Germany
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Description

Rastede Palace (German: Schloss Rastede) is a country estate at Rastede near Oldenburg, Germany. The town of Rastede is about 12km (7.4 miles) north of Oldenburg.

In the Middle Ages, Rastede was the house monastery of the House of Oldenburg. After the Reformation it became a country residence of the Counts and later Dukes and Grand Dukes of Oldenburg. It is still lived in by their descendants. Today it is owned by Christian, Duke of Oldenburg. Therefore it is not open to the public, however the surrounding parkland has public access.

Text adapted from “Rastede Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Rastede Castle ranks #4,445 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #365 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,309 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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