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Schochwitz Castle

Germany · 12th century

Founded
c. 1150
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Saxony-Anhalt
Coordinates
51.5294°, 11.7525°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Schochwitz Castle in Germany
Photo: Pomfuttge · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Schochwitz castle, located in Schochwitz, Germany (17 km from Halle (Saale) in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt) was built in the 12th century. Today it serves as a hotel.

Earliest sources mention a castle about 1133 in conjunction with Odalricus de Scochwize who was the owner of the castle. Later the castle was owned by Friedrich von Merseburg, a clergymen. In 1565 the dynasty von der Schulenburg inherited the castle. Between 1601 and 1606 a renaissance castle was built at the site under the reign of Lewin von der Schulenburg. Gebhart von Alvensleben purchased Schochwitz castel in 1783 and it remained in that family's possession. The last owner was Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben. After the war, the castle came into state possession. It was purchased in 2004 by Richard James Welsh, renovated, and turned into a holistic healing center.

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

In the rankings

Schochwitz Castle ranks #5,895 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #568 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,682 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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