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Querfurt castle. The typically German wild mix of structures from 11th to 19th century. Main towers from 12th, 13th, 14th century resp. A rarity is the large cruciform romanesque chapel started in 1162.
u/Claridiana — 6 days ago
Erbdrostenhof in Münster, Germany. 1753-57 by Architect Johann Conrad Schlaun. Restored after destructions in WWII from 1953-70.
u/Claridiana — 8 days ago
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Niederrossla, Germany. Doesn't look that impressive, but this is the highest medieval tower of all the 25,000 German castles at 57m.
u/Claridiana — 8 days ago
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Sommersdorf, Germany. A remote and widely unknown but picturesque castle. Mainly 15th century, major restoration around 1650.
u/Claridiana — 10 days ago
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Hiltpoltstein, Germany. Mostly 13th and 14th century. Only entrance is the white stair tower in front of it that had a drawbridge at the top leading into the main castle.
u/Claridiana — 12 days ago
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Prussian Crownprince Friedrich Wilhelm on the body of French General Douay after the Battle of Weissenburg 1870. Painted by Anton von Werner 1890.
u/Claridiana — 18 days ago
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"Prussian soldiers escape French captivity, 1807" by Carl Röchling (~1900).
Röchling painted this because a bunch of these guys actually managed to capture French Marshall Victor while travelling through occupied Prussia in January 1807. Victor was then exchanged against Prussian General Blücher who went on to become the most famous German soldier of the Napoleonic wars. Guys like these influence wars.
u/Claridiana — 21 days ago
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Stolzenfels, Germany. Oldest parts 13th century, rebuilt for the Prussian crownprince from 1836-1842.
u/Claridiana — 22 days ago
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Lednice, CZ. 18th/19th palace of the Princes of Liechtenstein.
u/Claridiana — 30 days ago
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Mildenfurth (Germany), the rare case of a large romanesque monastery church, remodeled into a Renaissance palace after the 16th century Protestant Reformation. The cross-shaped layout and the romanesque decor of the church are still preserved.
u/Claridiana — 1 month ago
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Satzvey, Germany. A well-preserved 14th to 16th century castle.
u/Claridiana — 1 month ago
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Marienburg (Germany), 1858-1869. Former residence of the Kings of Hanover.
u/Claridiana — 2 months ago
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Wilhelmstein (Germany), a small fortress built on an artificial island in a lake in 1765/67. It is topped by the commander's villa and surrounded by small white buildings that served as stables, storages, workshops and hospital.
u/Claridiana — 2 months ago
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Abenberg (Germany). It was already mentioned in the famous 13th century Percival epic because of its rare tournament course inside the castle walls (nowadays used for a Rock festival).
u/Claridiana — 2 months ago