Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)
| Neuenburg Castle | |
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Schloss Neuenburg | |
 View from Freyburg train station | |
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| Type | hilltop castle |
| Architectural style | Romanesque, Gothic and later additions |
| Town or city | Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt |
| Country | Germany |
| Website | |
| Schloss-Neuenburg.de | |
Neuenburg Castle (German: Schloss Neuenburg) is a hilltop castle in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, on the spur-like foothills of a plateau above the eastern bank of the river Unstrut. Below the castle to the north lies the wine-growing town of Freyburg, which in turn is about seven kilometers north of Naumburg (Saale). The castle is a stop on the Romanesque Road, a route through the state of significant cultural and historic sites.The castle is owned and managed by the Saxony-Anhalt Cultural Foundation.[1]
The castle was built around 1090 by the Thuringian count Ludwig der Springer, securing his territory in the east, as did its sister castle Wartburg in the west.[2] The name Neuenburg derives from German for "new castle".
From 1656 until 1746 it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels.
References
[edit]- ^ "Neuenburg Castle - Castles & cathedrals - Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt". KULTURSTIFTUNG SACHSEN-ANHALT. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ [1] Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
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51°12′31″N 11°46′32″E / 51.20861°N 11.77556°E
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