Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)

Neuenburg Castle
Schloss Neuenburg
Aerial view
Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg) is located in Saxony-Anhalt
Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)
Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg) is located in Germany
Neuenburg Castle (Freyburg)
General information
Typehilltop castle
Architectural styleRomanesque, Gothic and later additions
Town or cityFreyburg, Saxony-Anhalt
CountryGermany
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.

Bergfried known as Dicker Wilhelm (Fat William)
Double chapel
  1. ^ "Neuenburg Castle - Castles & cathedrals - Kulturstiftung Sachsen-Anhalt". KULTURSTIFTUNG SACHSEN-ANHALT. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine