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By 1842, the main buildings and the gardens were finished. On 14 September of that year, Frederick Wiliam, since 1840 King of Prussia, inaugurated his new summer residence in a great celebration with a torchlight procession and medieval costumes.
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awarded several Princedoms in the area to Prussia, and had been fascinated by the beauty, romance and history of the region. In the spirit of
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Over the years it was extended several times (notably in the 14th century), occupied by French and Swedish troops in the
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After substantial renovation work the castle and its parks were reopened in 2011. The castle is open to the public.
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After the First World War, the castle became state-owned. After the Second World War, it was assigned to the
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Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz, Direktion Burgen Schlösser Altertümer
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three years later). Work on the interior of Stolzenfels castle was completed in 1850.
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of Prussia. Frederick William had traveled along the Rhine in 1815, the year when the
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Among those who had worked on the designs for the palace and the gardens were
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The original castle at Stolzenfels was built as a fortification by the
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The castle in its landscape on a late 19th-century postcard
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View of the Rhine through one of the stained glass windows
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Inauguration of the Gothic chapel occurred in 1845 during
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and finally, in 1689, destroyed by the French during the
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In 1802, the castle became the property of the city of
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The ruin was used as a quarry during the 18th century.
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in 1823. He had it rebuilt as a 19th-century palace in
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Stolzenfels Castle is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Stolzenfels Castle is located in Germany
Schloss
Gothic Revival
Koblenz
Germany
Coordinates
50°18′11″N 7°35′31″E / 50.303°N 7.592°E / 50.303; 7.592
Frederick William IV of Prussia
Rhineland-Palatinate
Johann Claudius von Lassaulx
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http://schloss-stolzenfels.de/
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Criteria
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