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Schloss Oelber

Germany

Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Location
Baddeckenstedt
Coordinates
52.1017°, 10.2378°
Links
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Schloss Oelber in Germany
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Oelber is a castle located in Oelber am weißen Wege, a district of the municipality of Baddeckenstedt in the district of Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony. The castle building lies on the western foothills of the Lichtenberge, which form the north-western part of the Salzgitter-Höhenzug.

The circular complex is a comprehensive rebuilding from the period around 1580 on the foundation walls of a moated castle of the 12th century. It was almost from the beginning in the ownership of the noble family von Cramm, who, however, because of two knightly seats with different feudal lords (Brunswick-Lüneburg and Hildesheim), shared the property with the von Bortfeld until their extinction in 1686. Because of its picturesque appearance, the castle complex was used in 1960 for exterior shots of the cinema film Das Spukschloß im Spessart.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Oelber ranks #6,785 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #717 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,165 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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