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Schwanenburg

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Schwanenburg in Germany
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The Schwanenburg Castle (English: Swan Castle), in North Rhine-Westphalia, where the Dukes of Cleves resided, was founded on a steep hill. It is located at the northern terminus of the Kermisdahl where it joins with the Spoykanal, which was previously an important transportation link to the Rhine.

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

Schwanenburg ranks #2,517 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #180 of the 254 mapped in Germany. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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