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Palace

Schloss Wilhelmsthal

Germany · 18th century

Founded
1743
Location
Calden
Coordinates
51.393°, 9.4158°
Links
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Schloss Wilhelmsthal in Germany
Photo: Dorado · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Wilhelmsthal is a palace near the city of Kassel at Calden in the North Hessian district of Kassel (Germany). The complex was built from 1743 to 1761 and is counted among the most important Rococo palaces north of the Main. The palace has an extensive park with water features. The palace building can be visited as part of daily guided tours. The park, since 2009 part of the European Garden Heritage Network, is freely accessible all year round until nightfall.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Wilhelmsthal ranks #6,937 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #740 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1743, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,086 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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