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Schloss Ballenstedt

Germany

Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Ballenstedt
Elevation
264 m
Coordinates
51.71848°, 11.21814°
Schloss Ballenstedt in Germany
Photo: Chris06 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Ballenstedt is a Baroque residential palace in Ballenstedt in Saxony-Anhalt.

It was the residence of the Princes of Anhalt-Bernburg and the summer residence of the Dukes of Anhalt, erected on a medieval castle and monastery complex of the Counts of Ballenstedt (Ascanians).

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

In the rankings

Schloss Ballenstedt ranks #6,183 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #618 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,672 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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