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Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world (1051 m), confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, [1] and the third largest. [2] The castle is therefore also among the largest palaces in the world .
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Hohensalzburg Fortress was refurbished from the late 19th century onwards and became a major tourist attraction with the Festungsbahn funicular railway, opened in 1892, [5] leading up from the town to the Hasengrabenbastei; It stands today as one of the best preserved castles in Europe.
Burghausen Castle is the longest and third largest castle complex in the world (1051 m), confirmed by the Guinness World Record company. [54] Burghausen Castle: 27 Windsor Castle United Kingdom: Windsor: 54,835 square metres (590,239 sq ft) Castle which dates back to around 1070 and has 5455 acres of royal parkland.
The castle is a classic example of a medieval fortress and, upon its completion in 1406, was the world's largest brick castle. [ 4 ] UNESCO designated the "Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork" and the Malbork Castle Museum a World Heritage Site in December 1997. [ 5 ]
Windsor Castle, part of the Occupied Royal Palaces Estate, is owned by Charles III in right of the Crown, [239] and day-to-day management is by the Royal Household. [240] In terms of population, Windsor Castle is the largest inhabited castle in the world and the longest-occupied palace in Europe, but it also remains a functioning royal home. [241]
In 1417 the last Vianden descendant died and with him all the importance of the castle fell. The castle was used as storage and no longer hosted celebrations of the nobles. Outer structures on the property were torn down for agricultural means and craftsmen. [5] In 1820, King William I sold the castle to Wenzel Coster, an alderman, for 3,200 ...
The oldest surviving structure today is the castle chapel built at the turn of the 13th century. In the years 1563 to 1569 the 152.5 metre deep well was bored into the rock within the castle - until that point the garrison of the Königstein had to obtain water from cisterns and by collecting rainwater.