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Bertholdsburg Castle
Bertholdsburg Castle is an early modern fortress in the town of Schleusingen in the Hildburghausen district of Thuringia. It is located on the western edge of the old town above the confluence of the Erle and Nahe rivers. The castle was named after Berthold VII, the most important member of the House of Henneberg.
Today, the castle is managed by the Thuringian Castles and Gardens Foundation. It houses a natural history museum and a local history museum. The 38-meter-high main tower, built in 1597, is accessible as a viewing tower.
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The castle consists of four wings, the inner courtyard enclosed by them, seven towers (of formerly nine), and the castle garden west of the building. On the east side is the Schleusingen town church.
The castle complex was built from 1226 to 1232 by the Counts of Henneberg (Poppo VII). After the Henneberg lands were divided into three lines in 1274, Bertholdsburg became the seat of the Counts of Henneberg-Schleusingen. Under Wilhelm VI, the complex received its current Renaissance appearance around 1500. In 1583, the Henneberg line died out, and the areas around the towns of Schleusingen and Suhl fell to Electoral Saxony and in 1657 to Saxe-Zeitz. They continued to be administered from Bertholdsburg, where the Saxon Supreme Supervisory Office was located until 1815/16.
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