Old Castle
The Old Palace is a former castle located on the Schillerplatz in Stuttgart, Germany. The castle, originally a water castle dating back to the 10th century, was the residence of the Counts and later some Dukes of Württemberg and today is the home of the Landesmuseum Württemberg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Renaissance castle in Stuttgart, Germany, seat of the Landesmuseum Württemberg
- Also known as: “Altes Schloss” and “Altes Schloss (Stuttgart, Německo)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schlossplatz and Landesmuseum Württemberg.
Schlossplatz
Square
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Schlossplatz is the largest square in Stuttgart Mitte and home to the Neues Schloss which was built between 1746 and 1807. From its construction until the mid-1800s it was used as a military parade ground and not open to general public use. Schlossplatz is situated 150 metres north of Old Castle.
Landesmuseum Württemberg
Museum
Photo: Joachim Köhler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Landesmuseum Württemberg is the main historical museum of the Württemberg part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It emerged from the 16th-century “Kunstkammer” of the dukes, later kings, of Württemberg who resided in Stuttgart.
Schillerplatz
Square
Schillerplatz is a square in the old city centre of Stuttgart, Germany named in honour of the German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist Friedrich Schiller. Schillerplatz stands to the south west of Stuttgart's main square, Schlossplatz.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stuttgart-Center and Postdörfle.
Stuttgart-Center
Suburb
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Stuttgart-Center is one of the five inner boroughs of the Germany city of Stuttgart. It is located at the very center, between Stuttgart-North, West, East and South, of the city on the banks of the Neckar about an hour from the Black Forest.
Degerloch
Suburb
Degerloch is one of the stadtbezirke, or city districts, of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Degerloch was founded in 1956 through the merger of the former municipality of Degerloch and the former district of Hoffeld. Degerloch is situated 3 km south of Old Castle.
Old Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Stuttgart Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Western Panjabi—“Old Castle” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Стары замак (Штутгарт)”
- Belarusian: “Стары замак, Штутгарт”
- Belarusian: “Стары замак”
- Catalan: “Castell Antic”
- Cebuano: “Alte Schloss”
- Chinese: “老王宫”
- Chinese: “老王宮”
- Croatian: “Stari dvorac”
- Czech: “Altes Schloss (Stuttgart, Německo)”
- Danish: “Altes Schloss”
- Danish: “Det Gamle Slot”
- Dutch: “Oude Kasteel (Stuttgart)”
- Dutch: “Oude Kasteel”
- Finnish: “Altes Schloss”
- French: “Vieux château de Stuttgart”
- German: “Altes Schloss (Stuttgart, Německo)”
- German: “Altes Schloss Stuttgart”
- German: “Altes Schloss”
- German: “Schloss Stuttgart”
- Icelandic: “Gamli kastalinn í Stuttgart”
- Italian: “Vecchio castello (Stoccarda)”
- Italian: “Vecchio castello”
- Japanese: “アルテス・シュロス”
- Japanese: “シュトゥットガルト古城”
- Japanese: “旧宮殿”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Altes Schloss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Det gamle slottet i Stuttgart”
- Norwegian: “Altes Schloss”
- Russian: “Старый замок”
- Slovenian: “Altes Schloss”
- Slovenian: “Stari grad”
- Slovenian: “stuttgartski grad”
- Spanish: “Antiguo Castillo de Stuttgart”
- Spanish: “Castillo Antiguo de Stuttgart”
- Ukrainian: “Старий замок (Штутгарт)”
- Ukrainian: “Старий замок”
- Western Panjabi: “پرانا قلعہ”
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