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Wilhelmsburg Castle

🇩🇪 Germany · 16th century

Wilhelmsburg Castle in Germany
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The Wilhelmsburg Castle in the city of Schmalkalden was a secondary residence of the Landgraves of Hesse. It is one of the most important Renaissance buildings in central Germany, which has experienced no structural changes to this day and is preserved in almost its original condition.

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Wilhelmsburg Castle ranks #3,677 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #267 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1584, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 437 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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