Iburg Castle
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Attribution: By smial - Own work, FAL, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3521349
The Iburg Castle is a castle and former Benedictine abbey in Bad Iburg. From ca. 1100 till 1673 it was the seat of the Prince-Bishopric of Osnabruck. It is also notable as the birthplace of Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, Queen consort in Prussia.
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