Dankwarderode Castle

Dankwarderode Castle
Burg Dankwarderode
Braunschweig
Burg Dankwarderode
Dankwarderode Castle is located in Lower Saxony
Dankwarderode Castle
Dankwarderode Castle
Dankwarderode Castle is located in Germany
Dankwarderode Castle
Dankwarderode Castle
Coordinates52°15′53″N 10°31′27″E / 52.26472°N 10.52417°E / 52.26472; 10.52417
Typelowland castle
CodeDE-NI
Site information
ConditionReconstruction from the 19th/20th centuries
Site history
Built12th century
Garrison information
Occupantshigher nobility
Museum Burg Dankwarderode
Dankwarderode Castle, rebuilt 1887–1906
Map
Established1963
LocationBrunswick
TypeMedieval Division of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
ArchitectLudwig Winter (Reconstruction 1887–1906)
OwnerNiedersächsische Landesmuseen Braunschweig
Websitehttp://www.haum.niedersachsen.de

Dankwarderode Castle (German: Burg Dankwarderode) on the Burgplatz ("castle square") in Braunschweig (Brunswick) is a Saxon lowland castle. It was the residence of the Brunswick dukes for centuries and, today, is part of the Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum.