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Wasserschloss Klaffenbach

Germany · 16th century

Founded
1530
Style
Renaissance architecture
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Klaffenbach
Coordinates
50.7691°, 12.8888°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Wasserschloss Klaffenbach in Germany
Photo: Kolossos · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Wasserschloss Klaffenbach (historical name Schloss Neukirchen), located in the Klaffenbach district of the Saxon city of Chemnitz not far from the Würschnitz, was built at the beginning of the 16th century, was rebuilt in a defining way at the beginning of the 17th century and represents an example, unique for Saxony, of a moated castle of the Renaissance.

Machine-translated from “Wasserschloss Klaffenbach” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Wasserschloss Klaffenbach ranks #6,282 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #638 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1530, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 933 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 938 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Chomutov, 50 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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