Schloss Schwarzenberg

Schwarzenberg Palace is a palace near Scheinfeld in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It belongs to Schwarzenberg, a district of Scheinfeld.

The palace is the eponymous ancestral seat of the later princes of Schwarzenberg.

The building's structural origins lie in a medieval castle complex, which was converted after a fire into a stately Renaissance-style palace. The castle origins of the palace are still clearly recognisable: defensive ramparts, casemates and defensive towers bear witness to this. The Renaissance-era architecture of the palace building forms a clear contrast with the remains of the castle complex.

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

Schloss Schwarzenberg ranks #3,640 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #295 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded 1608, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 672 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,613 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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