Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate

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Schaumburg Castle (German: Schloss Schaumburg) is a schloss in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, south of Balduinstein near Limburg an der Lahn. It was owned by the former ruling family of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and it served as the retirement residence of SS General Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. It is now owned by a Turkish investment group.

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Schaumburg Castle, Rhineland-Palatinate
Waldeckerhof, Diez

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N 50.3394 °	E 7.9772 °

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Schloß Schaumburg

Waldeckerhof
65558 Diez
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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