Palace & château
Schloss Wurzen
🇩🇪 Germany
Wurzen Palace is a palace in Wurzen in the Saxon district of Leipzig. It was built between 1491 and 1497 in the late Gothic style, already incorporating early Renaissance elements, by the Bishop of Meissen, John VI von Saalhausen, as an episcopal residence.
Machine-translated from “Schloss Wurzen” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Wurzen ranks #6,866 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #583 of the 618 mapped in Germany. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Dresden, 79 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Schloss Wurzen?
Schloss Wurzen stands in Germany, at 51.3697°, 12.733°.
How famous is Schloss Wurzen?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,866 of 8,764 worldwide, and #583 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Schloss Wurzen?
Hubertusburg, about 18 km away.
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