Burg Hohenzollern

Museum in Bisingen, Germany

Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ) is the ancestral seat of the formerly imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The name derives from Söller (terrace), from the Latin solarium. The first castle on the mountain was constructed in the early 11th century. Over the years, the House of Hohenzollern split several times, but the castle remained in the Swabian branch, the dynastic sen

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Where:
Bisingen, Germany

Coordinates:
48.32°N, 8.97°E

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