In Saxony-Anhalt region of Germany, Wernigerode Castle is a particular Schloss that is situated in the Harz highlands above the town of Wernigerode. It is among the most commonly popular destinations in Saxony-Anhalt and is accessible to the general public. Adalbert of Haimar, Count of Wernigerode, a Saxon nobleman, is first mentioned in a deed from 1121, which also serves as the first record of the settlement, which was established in conjunction with the deforestation of the region around a century earlier. The castle was constructed by the counts as their house on a terrain south of the town; it was first described as a castrum in 1213 A.D. The Wernigerode holdings passed to the neighbouring County of Stolberg in 1429, when the dynasty went extinct. The castle was often pledged while serving as the headquarters of the Amt administration. Wernigerode once more served as the county seat of the Stolberg-Wernigerode County after the Stolberg-Stolberg line split in 1645 A.D. However, during the Thirty Years War, the counts encountered opposition from the populace and were forced to relocate to the adjacent Ilsenburg House. It was not until Count Christian Ernest had the castle reconstructed as a Schloss in the Baroque style in 1710 A.D. that he was able to return the seat of government to Wernigerode. Despite having to submit to King Frederick William I of Prussia in 1714, he ruled for 61 years. Although its origins are much ancient, the current structure, which was completed in the late 19th century, is similar in architecture to Schloss Neuschwanstein. Count Otto had the Schloss exhaustively reconstructed once more in a Neo-Romantic design known as historicism, completing the project in 1893. Count Otto served as the first president of the Prussian Province of Hanover from 1867 to 1893, as well as the Prussian House of Lords from 1872 to 1878 and the German Vice-Chancellor from 1878. A chapel that was part of the overall complex was constructed in 1880 in accordance with designs created by renowned Vienna architect Friedrich von Schmidt! [Information and Image Credit : Wernigerode_Castle, Wikipedia] [Image Availed Under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International ; Wikipedia-Image-Author : Andreas Tille; (Kindly Also Relate to Individual Image URL for More Usage Property)] [License-Link : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en ] [Original Source Image URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WernigerodeCastleWinter.jpg ] #Architecture
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