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Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ⓘ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. [a] The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Hohenzollern Castle. Numerous castles can be found in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.These buildings, some of which have a history of over 1000 years, were the setting of historical events, domains of famous personalities and are still imposing buildings to this day.
Hohenzollern-Hechingen r. 1671–1735 1663–1735: Herman Frederick: Maximilian I Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen r. 1681–1689 1636–1689: Francis Anthony Count of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch r. 1681–1702 1657–1702: Brandenburg-Schwedt Branch: Frederick I the Mercenary King Duke of Prussia r. 1688–1701 King in Prussia r. 1701–1713 ...
Hohenzollern is a mountain, 855 m (2,805 ft), of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located in Zollernalbkreis. Hohenzollern Castle is located on its top. The mountain is an outlier, about 1 km (0.62 mi) north of the Swabian Jura
This is a list of castles and other such fortifications and palaces or country homes in Germany. Included are castles (German: Burg, Schloss), forts (German: Festung), palaces (German: Schloss, Palais, Palast), country or stately homes and manors, and even follies.
Cecilienhof Palace (German: Schloss Cecilienhof) is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, built from 1914 to 1917 in the layout of an English Tudor manor house. Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the House of Hohenzollern that ruled the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire, until the end of World War I.
It was a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland and was governed by Duke Albert of Prussia, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Hohenzollern. [2] On behalf of her mother Elisabeth of the Brandenburgian Hohenzollern, Anna Marie of Brunswick-Lüneburg became Albert's second wife in 1550, and bore him his successor Albert Frederick. [3]
The Berlin Palace (German: Berliner Schloss), formally the Royal Palace (German: Königliches Schloss) [1] and also known as the City Palace (German: Stadtschloss), [2] is a large building adjacent to Berlin Cathedral and the Museum Island in the Mitte area of Berlin.