schloss merseburg is a renaissance-style castle in the town of merseburg in saxony-anhalt.

building castle monastery estate palace town waterway fortification landmark tourism abbey ruins church canal village schloss merseburg renaissance-style saxony-anhalt royal episcopal ducal residence king otto founded diocese 968 bishop henry warin built 1245 1265 thilo von trotha 1470 1500 construction three-wing complex cathedral forms fourth wing saxony-anhalt castle garden park flowers