Neuenburg Castle | |
Native Name: | Schloss Neuenburg |
Native Name Lang: | German |
Map Type: | Saxony-Anhalt#Germany |
Building Type: | hilltop castle |
Architectural Style: | Romanesque, Gothic and later additions |
Location City: | Freyburg, Saxony-Anhalt |
Location Country: | Germany |
Destruction Date: | --> |
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Website: | Schloss-Neuenburg.de |
Neuenburg Castle (German: Schloss Neuenburg) is a hilltop castle overlooking Freyburg, a town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
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.[1] The name Neuenburg derives from German for "new castle".
From 1656 until 1746 it was a secondary residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Weissenfels.