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Schloss Lichtenburg

Germany

Style
Renaissance
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Prettin
Coordinates
51.6622°, 12.932°
Schloss Lichtenburg in Germany
Photo: Malabon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Lichtenburg is a Renaissance palace built in the 16th century in Prettin. It stands on the site of an earlier monastery and was erected as a dower residence for the Electresses of Saxony.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Lichtenburg ranks #6,702 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #709 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,218 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Dresden, 88 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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