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Schloss Körtlinghausen

Germany · 18th century

Founded
1746
Style
Baroque architecture
Architect
Franz Christoph Nagel, Justus Wehmer
Location
Rüthen
Coordinates
51.46161°, 8.41025°
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Schloss Körtlinghausen in Germany
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Körtlinghausen is a Baroque Schloss (château) in Germany's Sauerland region, roughly equidistant between Dortmund and Kassel. It is sited on the southern bank of the River Glenne and it is surrounded by a moat.

Beyond the moat it one of the country's largest and oldest Oak trees, which is more than a thousand years old. The circumference of the trunk just above ground level is 12.4 m (41 ft).

Text adapted from “Schloss Körtlinghausen” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss Körtlinghausen ranks #5,232 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #449 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1746, it is older than 17% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wuppertal, 88 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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