Germany · 10th century
Schaumburg Castle (German: Schloss Schaumburg) is a schloss in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Balduinstein near Limburg an der Lahn.
It was owned by the former ruling family of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and it served as the retirement residence of SS General Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It is now owned by a Turkish investment group.
Text adapted from “Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schaumburg Castle ranks #1,526 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #119 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 901, it is older than 94% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 193 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,926 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 27 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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