Schloss Engers

Schloss Engers (English: Engers palace) is a Baroque-style palace in Engers, near Koblenz, Germany. It is situated on the banks of the Rhine river. Johann IX Philipp von Walderdorff (1701–1768), Prince-Elector of Trier, constructed the palace between 1759 and 1764 based on a design by the architect Johanness Seiz. It served both as summer palace and hunting lodge.

Today the palace is now one of the two locations of Villa Musica, a foundation of the German state Rhineland-Palatinate and the broadcaster Südwestrundfunk. Its goals are to support young performers of classical music and to run concerts. Also, it houses a museum with old musical instruments and paintings of Prince-Electors of Trier.

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Schloss Engers ranks #5,637 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #473 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1759, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 638 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,047 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 22 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 8 km away. It is stop 29 of 29 on the Rhine castle route, Bingen to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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