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Schloss Rantzau (Rantzau)

Germany

Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal · Heritage monument in Schleswig-Holstein
Location
Rantzau
Coordinates
54.2356°, 10.5127°
Links
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Schloss Rantzau (Rantzau) in Germany
Photo: PodracerHH · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Rantzau in Rantzau in eastern Schleswig-Holstein is the namesake and the former ancestral seat of the ancient noble family of Rantzau. The house was the centre of a noble estate and by that definition is properly a manor house, but because of its special importance in the history of the region and its once rich furnishings it has for quite some time been referred to as a Schloss. The house experienced a brief heyday from the end of the 16th until the early 17th century and was one of the most mature works of the Renaissance in Schleswig-Holstein. Through various alterations, however, the complex was changed so thoroughly that its former appearance can now only be guessed at.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Rantzau (Rantzau) ranks #6,085 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #598 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,049 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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