Ahlden Castle

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castle historic residence

Ahlden Castle is a historic German residence in Lower Saxony, best known as the long-term place of confinement of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the repudiated wife of King George I of Great Britain.

Aliases (1)

Ahlden House ×1

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	castle → historic residence →
architecturalStyle	Renaissance →
category	Castles in Lower Saxony → Historic house museums in Germany → Houses completed in the 16th century →
connectedTo	George I of Great Britain →
country	Germany →
hasCoordinateLocation	52.762°N 9.543°E →
hasGermanName	Schloss Ahlden →
hasInmate	Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
hasPart	courtyard → main building → moat → park →
hasReconstructionDate	16th century →
heritageDesignation	listed building →
locatedIn	Ahlden → Lower Saxony →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Heidekreis →
locatedInFormerTerritory	Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg →
locatedInRegion	Lüneburg Heath →
locatedOnRiver	River Aller → River Leine →
material	brick →
nearbyCity	Hanover →
nearbySettlement	Hodenhagen →
notableFor	association with the House of Hanover → confinement of Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
openToPublic	limited →
ownedBy	private owner →
significantEvent	imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea of Celle →
significantEventEnd	1726 →
significantEventStart	1694 →
startDate	13th century →
touristAttraction	regional →
usedFor	place of confinement → residence →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ahlden ("Ahlden House") → Ahlden →	hasLandmark
Sophia Dorothea of Celle →	deathPlace
Sophia Dorothea of Celle →	residence