Karlsberg Castle

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Karlsberg Castle is a castle ruin on Buchenberg east of Homburg in Saarland, Germany. The castle was constructed from 1778 to 1788 in Baroque and Classical style by Johann Christian von Mannlich, architect and general building director of the dukes of Zweibrücken, by order of Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken. The castle was the largest country palace of Europe and served as the residence of the Duke of Zweibrücken. In 1793 the castle was destroyed by French revolutionary troops. ()

Local name: Schloss Karlsberg Coordinates: 49°20'10"N, 7°22'42"E

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SaarlandGermany

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Karlsberg Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Römermuseum Schwarzenacker, Zweibrücken Observatory, Wörschweiler Abbey, Merburg.

4.6 miSW
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Römermuseum Schwarzenacker, Homburg, Saarland
119 min walk • Römermuseum Schwarzenacker is an archaeological open-air museum in Schwarzenacker, a district of Homburg, Saarland, Germany. The museum was constructed by archaeologist Alfonso Kolling, who also led the archaeological excavations at the site.
5.2 miS
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Zweibrücken Observatory, Zweibrücken
134 min walk • Zweibrücken Observatory, or the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association, is a public observatory in Zweibrücken, Germany. Its dome was painted to resemble the Star Wars character R2-D2 in 2018.
4.8 miSW
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Wörschweiler Abbey, Homburg, Saarland
124 min walk • Wörschweiler Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres east of Saarbrücken, on a mountain called Marienberg.
1.6 miS
Forts and castles
Merburg
42 min walk • Merburg is a ruined small castle near Homburg, Saarland, Germany. Details about the castle's builders and most of their owners are unknown.
5.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schwarzbach
149 min walk • The Schwarzbach is a river in southwestern Germany, left tributary of the Blies. Its source is in the Palatinate Forest, near Trippstadt. It flows through the states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Towns along its course are Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Contwig and Zweibrücken. After 50 km, it flows into the Blies in Homburg-Einöd.
1.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Burgruine Hohenburg, Homburg, Saarland
48 min walk • The Hohenburg, also called Homburg Castle or Fortress Hohenburg, is a ruined castle located Homburg in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany. It stands atop the 325 metres -high Schlossberg above the Schlossberg Caves.
6 miNE
49°24'44"N • 7°26'32"E
Waldwarmfreibad, Bruchmühlbach-Miesau
153 min walk • Water park, Amusement park, Park
5.4 miW
Museum
Saarländisches Bergbaumuseum, Bexbach
139 min walk • Saarländisches Bergbaumuseum is a museum of mining in Saarland, Germany.
2 miSW
Church
St. Michael, Homburg, Saarland
51 min walk • St. Michael is the Roman Catholic parish church in Homburg. The neo-Romanesque church building at the foot of the Schlossberg dominates the Homburg townscape and has become a landmark of the city.
2.4 miSW
Church
St. Fronleichnam, Homburg, Saarland
61 min walk • The Church of St. Corpus Christi is a Catholic parish church in Homburg, the county seat of the Saarpfalz district in the Saarland. It is dedicated to the feast mystery of Corpus Christi, the bodily presence of Christ in the Eucharistic bread form.
2.1 miSW
Church
Protestantische Stadtkirche, Homburg, Saarland
53 min walk • The Protestant City Church is a Protestant church in Homburg, the county seat of the Saarpfalz district. The church is the parish church of the Protestant parish of Homburg in the church district of Homburg/Saar of the Protestant Church of the...