Germany · 14th century
The Princely Residential Palace of Detmold is located in the town centre of Detmold. The palace originated from an old castle first documented as early as 1366. For centuries the palace was the seat of the counts and princes of Lippe, and it is still inhabited today by the current head of the House of Lippe.
Machine-translated from “Fürstliches Residenzschloss Detmold” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Detmold ranks #5,375 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #455 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1366, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,704 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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