Plön Castle
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Plön Castle in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill. The former Residenz of the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was bu
Plön Castle after its renovation in 2006; from the southwest with the Großer Plöner See in the foreground. The Kiel–Lübeck railway runs along its banks.
The north side of the castle which faces the town
The old Plön Castle around 1595 on an engraving by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, section from Civitates orbis terrarum
The garden, etching 1749, Schloss Plön in the background
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, also Schleswig-Holstein-Plön, Holstein-Plön or just Duchy of Plön, was a small sub-duchy created by the physical division of the Duchy of Schleswig-Hol
Plön Castle
…in Plön is one of the largest castles in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein and the only one located on a hill. The former Residenz of the Dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön was built in the 17th century during the Thirty Years War and has had a colourful history in which it has, for example, been a school for military…
The coat of arms of Plön is encircled by the collar of the Order of the Elephant. The crown and orb represent royal Danish descent (relief from the gable panel on Traventhal Castle)
Joachim Ernst I af Slesvig Holsten Sønderborg Pløn NM Grh 41
1668 Joachim Friedrich