Schlossruine Gehren

Manor in Ilmenau, Germany

Schloss Gehren was a castle in the town of Gehren, today a district of Ilmenau in the Ilm-Kreis of Thuringia, Germany. Originating as a medieval water castle (Wasserburg), it was rebuilt as a Renaissance residence and served from the 17th century as a hunting lodge and summer seat of the Counts and later Princes of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Prince Günther XLIII used it as his main residence between 1720 and 1740. After a major fire on 11 September 1933 the buildings were largely demolished, and today only fragments of the perimeter walls survive within the surrounding Schlosspark.

From Schloss Gehren on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:
Manor

Where:
Ilmenau, Germany

Coordinates:
50.65°N, 11.00°E

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