Schleswig-Holstein
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Plön

Plön Castle

Plön Castle in is one of the largest castles in the north German state of and the only one located on a hill. The former Residenz of the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was built in the 17th century during the Thirty Years War and has had a colourful history in which it has, for example, been a school for military cadets and also a boarding school.
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Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: German castle
  • Roof shape: gabled
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Widow’s Palace and Museum des Kreises Plön mit norddeutscher Glassammlung.

Historic building
Photo: PodracerHH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The ducal Widow's Palace in in the north German state of was the widow's seat of the Duchess Dorothea Christina. During its history the building has also served as an orphanage and was modified several times. is situated 190 metres northwest of Plön Castle.

Museum
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is situated 180 metres northwest of Plön Castle.

Work of art
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is a work of art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koppelsberg and Rathjensdorf.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Village
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is a municipality in the , in , . is situated 3½ km north of Plön Castle.

Plön Castle

Latitude
54.15673° or 54° 9′ 24″ north
Longitude
10.41394° or 10° 24′ 50″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
9F6G5C47+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 89886768
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q314461
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Swedish—“Plön Castle” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Plune”
  • Czech: “Schloß Plön”
  • Czech: “Zámek Plön”
  • Danish: “Plön Slot”
  • Finnish: “Plönin linna”
  • French: “château de Plön”
  • French: “Château de Plön”
  • German: “Plöner Schloss”
  • German: “Plöner Schloß”
  • German: “Plune”
  • German: “Schloss Plön”
  • German: “Schloß Plön”
  • Italian: “Castello di Plön”
  • Italian: “Schloss Plön”
  • Japanese: “プレーンの城館”
  • Japanese: “プレーン城”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pløn Slot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pløn slott”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Schloss Plön”
  • Russian: “Плёнский замок”
  • Swedish: “Plöns slott”
  • Swedish: “Schloss Plön”
  • Swedish: “Slott Plön”
  • Swedish: “Slottet Plön”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Plön Castle”. Photo: Matthias Süßen, CC BY-SA 4.0.