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Schloss Richmond

Germany · 18th century

Founded
1769
Style
Baroque
Architect
Karl Christoph Wilhelm Fleischer, Christian Gottlob Langwagen
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Lower Saxony
Location
Brunswick
Coordinates
52.24°, 10.5267°
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Schloss Richmond in Germany
Photo: Brunswyk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Richmond Castle (German: 'Schloss Richmond') is a castle built from 1768 to 1769 in Braunschweig, Germany for Princess (later Duchess) Augusta, wife of Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand. It lies near the Oker river in the south of the city. The architect was Carl Christoph Wilhelm Fleischer.

The castle was named after the princess's English home in Richmond Park, a royal park now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Richmond ranks #5,086 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #431 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1769, it is older than 14% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 685 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,392 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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