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Schloss Rauischholzhausen

Germany · 19th century

Founded
1878
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Hesse
Location
Ebsdorfergrund
Coordinates
50.7561°, 8.88139°
Links
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Schloss Rauischholzhausen in Germany
Photo: Rainer Lippert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Rauischholzhausen Castle (German: Schloss Rauischholzhausen) is a German castle located on the outskirts of Rauischholzhausen, a village in Ebsdorfergrund in the southeast of Marburg-Biedenkopf district in Hesse. Today, the castle belongs to the University of Giessen, which uses it as a conference facility. The castle is surrounded by the 32-hectare (79-acre) Rauischholzhausen Castle Park, an English landscape garden that was created together with the construction of the castle between 1871 and 1876.

Text adapted from “Rauischholzhausen Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss Rauischholzhausen ranks #5,883 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #565 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1878, it is older than 5% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,152 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Frankfurt, 73 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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