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Schloss Caputh

Germany · 17th century

Founded
1662
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument
Location
Schwielowsee
Coordinates
52.3491°, 13.0007°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Schloss Caputh in Germany
Photo: Varus111 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Caputh, newly built from 1662 according to the principles of the early Baroque, lies in the Caputh district of the municipality of Schwielowsee near the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam on the Templiner See. It belongs to the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg and was, from the end of the 16th to the end of the 17th century, the summer residence of the Electresses of Brandenburg.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Caputh ranks #6,686 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #705 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1662, it is older than 25% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,067 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Berlin, 32 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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