From the Hohenzollern Castle entry in Wikipedia:

Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castles on the site, it is located atop Mount Hohenzollern, above and south of Hechingen, on the edge of the Swabian Jura of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

The first fortress on the mountain was constructed in the early 11th century. Over the years the House of Hohenzollern split several times, but the castle remained in the Swabian branch, the dynastic seniors of the Franconian-Brandenburgian cadet branch that later acquired its own imperial throne. This castle was completely destroyed in 1423 after a ten-month siege by the free imperial cities of Swabia. A larger and sturdier structure was constructed from 1454 to 1461, which served as a refuge for the Catholic Swabian Hohenzollerns, including during the Thirty Years' War. By the end of the 18th century it was thought to have lost its strategic importance and gradually fell into disrepair, leading to the demolition of several dilapidated buildings.

The final castle was built between 1846 and 1867 as a family memorial by Hohenzollern scion King Frederick William IV of Prussia. Architect Friedrich August Stüler based his design on English Gothic Revival architecture and the Châteaux of the Loire Valley. No member of the Hohenzollern family was in permanent or regular residence when it was completed, and none of the three German Emperors of the late 19th and early 20th century German Empire ever occupied the castle; in 1945 it briefly became the home of the former Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany, son of the last Hohenzollern monarch, Kaiser Wilhelm II.

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Burg Hohenzollern

Castle Hohenzollern Distance
Castle Hohenzollern from the distance. (475k)
Castle Hohenzollern
Castle Hohenzollern. (421k)
Center Courtyard
Center courtyard. (709k)
Castle Buildings
Castle buildings. (823k)
Church Castle
Church in the castle. (528k)
Castle Wall
Castle wall. (830k)
Castle Wall Statues
Castle wall with statues. (783k)
Castle Wall Entrance Gate
Castle wall with entrance gate. (713k)
Entrance Gate
Entrance gate. (1043k)
Outer Wall Castle Ramparts
Outer wall of the castle with ramparts. (697k)
View Outer Wall Castle
View of the outer wall of the castle with ramparts. (600k)
Castle Towers
Castle towers. (632k)
Castle Towers
Castle towers. (1339k)
Staircases Roadways Castle
Staircases and roadways in the castle. (883k)
Statue Knight
Statue of a knight. (865k)
Windows Castle
Windows in the castle. (432k)

Kings and Emperors of the House Hohenzollern

Friedrich Wilhelm Brandenburg "großer
Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg, "Großer Kurfürst" (1640 - 1688). (925k)
Friedrich King Prussia 1688-
Friedrich I, King of Prussia (1688- - 1713). (1142k)
Friedrich Wilhelm King Prussia
Friedrich Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1713 - 1740). (1200k)
Friedrich Great King Prussia
Friedrich the Great, King of Prussia (1740 - 1786). (1172k)
Friedrich Wilhelm Ii King
Friedrich Wilhelm II, King of Prussia (1786 - 1797). (1160k)
Friedrich Wilhelm Iii King
Friedrich Wilhelm III, King of Prussia (1797 - 1840). (1120k)
Friedrich Wilhelm Iy King
Friedrich Wilhelm IY, King of Prussia (1840 - 1861). (1067k)
Emperor Wilhelm King Prussia
Emperor Wilhelm I, King of Prussia (1861 - 1888). (1048k)

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