Schaumburg Castle (German: ''Schloss Schaumburg'') is a

schloss ''Schloss'' (; pl. ''Schlösser''), formerly written ''Schloß'', is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house. Related terms appear in several Germanic languages. In the Scandinavian languages, the cogn ...

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

, south of Balduinstein near

Limburg an der Lahn Limburg an der Lahn (, ; officially abbreviated ''Limburg a. d. Lahn'') is the district seat of Limburg-Weilburg in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Limburg lies in western Hesse between the Taunus and the Westerwald on the river Lahn. The t ...

. It was owned by the former ruling family of

Waldeck and Pyrmont The County of Waldeck (later the Principality of Waldeck and Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire and its successors from the late 12th century until 1929. In 1349 the county gained Imperial immediacy and ...

, and it served as the retirement residence of SS General

Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont () (13 May 1896 – 30 November 1967) was the heir apparent to the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a general in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). From 1946 until his death, he wa ...

. It is now owned by a Turkish investment group.

Lordship of Schaumburg

The territory of the

Lordship A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated as a unit under the feudal system during the Middle Ages. In a lordship, the functions of eco ...

of Schaumburg consisted of Biebrich, Cramberg and Steinsberg.Wilhelm von der Nahmer: ''Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts'', Sauerländer, 1832, S. 577
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References

External links

Website of Schloss Schaumburg GmbH
(in Turkish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaumburg, Schloss Castles in Rhineland-Palatinate Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont