Marienburg Castle, Gothic Revival castle in Pattensen, Germany
Marienburg Castle is a Gothic Revival four-winged summer residence built between 1858 and 1869 for King George V of Hanover on the Marienberg southwest of Schulenburg, a district of Pattensen. The light grey stone building has 130 rooms, a tall square tower with a flat top and corner pinnacles, a round tower with a conical roof at the left end, and a smaller round tower at the right end. The castle stands at 135 metres on a wooded hill above the Leine valley.
King George V of Hanover commissioned the castle between 1858 and 1867 as a birthday present for his wife Marie. The queen never lived in the residence due to the family's exile from the kingdom.
The castle's name and that of the Marienberg hill come from Queen Marie, who received both as a gift on her 39th birthday on 14 April 1857. Queen Marie and her daughter Mary lived here from 1866 to 1867. The Great Hall, library and chapel are the rooms singled out in accounts of the interior.
The castle remains closed until 2030 for extensive renovation work, with visitors able to reach the location through Nordstemmen train station. The residence sits outside the village center in an elevated position above the Leine valley.
The residence was originally designed as a private retreat for the queen, but political events prevented her arrival entirely. The silver furniture in the great hall came from an older residence and was transferred to the new structure.
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