Palace & château
Schloss Jever
🇩🇪 Germany · 14th century
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.
Schloss Jever ranks #5,706 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #479 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1395, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 649 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Schloss Jever?
Schloss Jever stands in Germany, at 53.5722°, 7.90306°.
When was Schloss Jever built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1395. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Schloss Jever?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,706 of 8,764 worldwide, and #479 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Schloss Jever?
Schloss Gödens, about 10 km away.
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