page_title: Spangenberg
section_title: Partnerships
hierarchical_section_title: Spangenberg / Partnerships
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Ölgemälde, Potrait der Margarethe von der Saale (1522-1566), Kopie des 17. Jahrhunderts nach einem verschollenen Original; Staatliche Museen Kassel, Dauerleihgabe an das Schloss Spangenberg English: Margarethe von der Saale, morganatic wife of Philip I
context_page_description: Spangenberg is a small town in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
context_section_description: Spangenberg maintains partnerships with the following places:
   Treffurt, Thuringia since 1990
   Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron, France since 1997
   Pleszew, Poland since 1997
  Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse (before 1302-1376), Landgraf, resided at Schloss Spangenberg
  Hermann II, Landgrave of Hesse (1341-1413), Landgraf, resided at the castle
  William I, Landgrave of Lower Hesse (1466-1515), Landgraf, died at Schloss Spangenberg
  Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504-1567), Landgraf, lived at Schloss Spangenberg
  William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1532-1592), Landgraf, gave the castle its present form
  Margarethe von der Saale (1522-1566), sister of Philip the Magnanimous, lived in the castle seat, her grave is in the city church of St. John
  Hans Wilhelm Kirchhof (1525-1605), Burggraf on Schloss Spangenberg
  Michael Rutschky (born 1943), writer, grew up in Spangenberg
caption: Margarethe von der Saale
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