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Schloss Jever

Germany · 14th century

Founded
1395
Style
Baroque
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Location
Jever
Coordinates
53.5722°, 7.90306°
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Schloss Jever in Germany
Photo: Dickelbers · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Jever Palace in Jever, Lower Saxony, is founded on a castle of the East Frisian chieftains and was the seat of the Lordship of Jever. It is the town's most important secular building.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Jever ranks #5,553 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #481 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1395, it is older than 52% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,000 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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