An imperial castle or Reichsburg was a castle built by order of (or acquired by) the King of the Romans or the Holy Roman Emperor on land that was owned...
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the premises of the Edo Castle. Leaving the Kyoto Imperial Palace on 26 November 1868, the Emperor arrived at the Edo Castle, made it to his new residence...
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from one of their castles (Kaiserpfalz or Imperial castle) to the next. Thus, the castle at Nürnberg became an important imperial castle, and in the following...
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The Imperial Castle in Poznań, popularly called Zamek, "the Castle" (Polish: Zamek Cesarski w Poznaniu, German: Königliches Residenzschloss Posen), is...
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modern times it is part of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, and is therefore also known as Chiyoda Castle (千代田城, Chiyoda-jō). Tokugawa Ieyasu...
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Cochem (redirect from Cochem Castle)
Vienna. Louis Fréderic Jacques Ravené bought the ruin of the former Imperial castle in 1866 and began its reconstruction. Only after a bridge was built...
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Hofburg (redirect from Hofburg Imperial)
main castle gate (Burgtor) was integrated. Within the new walls which were erected in 1817, three gardens were made: the private Imperial Castle Garden...
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From him Trifels passed to the Imperial Salian dynasty. Emperor Henry V in 1113 made it a Reichsburg (Imperial Castle), rejecting the inheritance claims...
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the Duchy of Swabia. Habsburg Castle is the original seat of the House of Habsburg, which became one of the leading imperial and royal dynasties in Europe...
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mention of the city, in 1050, mentions Nuremberg as the location of an imperial castle between East Francia and the Margraviate of the Nordgau of Bavaria...
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to preserve the Wetterau region as imperial Crown land, and thus agreed that his faithful built a prominent castle dominating the country far and wide...
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century) Harzburg (11th century) Imperial Palace of Goslar (11th, 13th century) Castle Hammerstein at Rhine (1125) Trifels Castle near Annweiler (12th, 13th...
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of the imperial palace and located south) was absorbed, and its abundant water was used in the castle gardens and ponds. Parts of Fushimi Castle, such...
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guarding the imperial lands in the south-western Palatinate. Imperial Knight and Protestant reformer Franz von Sickingen modernized the castle in the 16th...
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Karlštejn (redirect from Karlštejn Castle)
castle founded in 1348 by King Charles IV. The castle served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as the Bohemian Crown Jewels, holy...
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Hohenzollern Castle (German: Burg Hohenzollern [bʊʁk hoːənˈtsɔlɐn] ) is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop...
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Harzburg Castle, the Imperial Palace of Goslar, Trifels Castle, the Imperial Palace of Haguenau [de], Waldburg Castle, Krautheim Castle, Kyburg Castle, Rheinfelden...
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Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg (redirect from Castle of Haut-Koenigsbourg)
forces fought Protestants, the Imperial castle was besieged by Protestant Swedish forces. After a 52-day siege, the castle was burned and looted by the...
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The Imperial Castle of Kyffhausen (German: Reichsburg Kyffhausen) is a medieval castle ruin, situated in the Kyffhäuser hills in the German state of Thuringia...
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Imperial cities, the 'unofficial capital' of the Empire, particularly because numerous Imperial Diets (Reichstage) and courts met at Nuremberg Castle...
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The fall of Osaka Castle occurred between Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan, where soon after the Battle of Toba–Fushimi...
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establish an unified imperial and military government. In 1619, Matsudaira Tadaaki, who was appointed as the lord of Osaka Castle before, was transferred...
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Zamek (the Polish word for "castle") may refer to: Zamek, popular name for the palace called the Imperial Castle in Poznań Zamek, Pomeranian Voivodeship...
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landmarks include the National Museum, Grand Theatre, Fara Church and the Imperial Castle. Poznań is classified as a Gamma−global city by Globalization and World...
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interests in the vicinity. Until the 13th century, the castle was a possession of the imperial and royal family, the Hohenstaufen dynasty. In 1181, Emperor...
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Laxenburg castles are imperial palaces and castles outside Vienna, in the town of Laxenburg owned in equal parts by Vienna and Lower Austria. The castles became...
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nearby is the Imperial Household Agency building and Tokyo Imperial Palace (or "kyuden") The garden was built on the grounds of Edo Castle. The Ōte-mon...
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Harzburg (category Imperial castles)
The Harzburg, also called Große Harzburg ("Great Harz Castle"), is a former imperial castle, situated on the northwestern edge of the Harz mountain range...
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the Inner Truth that Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany did lose World War II in 1945. Several characters in The Man in the High Castle read the popular novel...
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Heidelberg Castle (German: Heidelberger Schloss) is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance...
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