page_title: Marienburg Castle (Hanover)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Marienburg Castle (Hanover) / History
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Zámek Marienburg postavil v letech 1857–1867 král Jiří V. Hannoverský, jako lovecký zámek a letní sídlo pro svou rodinu. Deutsch: Ansicht vom Süden auf das neugotische Schloss Marienburg in der Region Hannover, Niedersachsen, Deutschland. English: Marienburg Castle is a Gothic revival castle in Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, built by Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen of Hanover. The castle mustn't be confused with the Marienburg near Hildesheim. Français&#160;: Le Château de Marienburg est un château de style néogothique situé en Basse-Saxe en Allemagne. Nederlands: Slot Marienburg is een 19e-eeuws kasteel in de Duitse gemeente Pattensen, in de deelstaat Nedersaksen. Polski: Zamek Marienburg (niem. Schloss Marienburg) – neogotycki zamek książąt hanowerskich koło Nordstemmen w Dolnej Saksonii (Niemcy). Slovenčina: Zámok Marienburg je zámok neďaleko mestečka Pattensen v Dolnom Sasku.
context_page_description: Marienburg Castle is a Gothic revival castle in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located 15 kilometres north-west of Hildesheim, and around 30 kilometres south of Hannover, in the municipality of Pattensen, Hannover. It was also a summer residence of the House of Guelph whose flag flies on the main tower.
context_section_description: The castle was built between 1858 and 1867 as a birthday present by King George V of Hanover (reigned 1851–1866) to his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Between 1714 and 1837 there had been virtually no royal court in Hannover as the House of Hannover had ruled the kingdoms of Hannover and Britain by personal union, and so the Castle was also built to serve as a suitable summer seat for the House of Hannover in Germany, besides the Royal Leine Palace and Herrenhausen Palace in Hannover.
  Its architect was Conrad Wilhelm Hase, one of Hannover's most influential architects. Due to Hannover being annexed by Prussia in 1866, the castle was left uninhabited for 80 years after the royal family went into exile at Gmunden, Austria, where they lived in the Queen's Villa and, later, Cumberland Castle. Therefore Marienburg is well preserved, as few renovations were dhi boyyone until 80 years later when it was safe to come back. Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick and his wife Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia moved to Marienburg in 1945, when forced to leave Blankenburg Castle. In 1954 their son, Prince Ernest Augustus IV, opened the castle museum after having moved to nearby Calenberg Demesne.
caption: Marienburg Castle
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