Bückeburg Palace, Lower Saxony, Germany

A sandstone castle on a tiny island: Bückeburg Palace

The picture shows the northwest-facing side of the Bückeburg Palace (Schloss Bückeburg). The Renaissance palace with its historic halls and architectural gems is a Wasserschloss—a castle surrounded by water. There is only one bridge connecting the island, on which the castle stands, with its environment. The artificial island came to be by digging a ditch around the castle. The front side of the palace is “hidden” in the courtyard. Outside the water ring are the public palace garden, the Princely Riding School (Reithalle) and the nearby downtown district of Bückeburg. Like the town church, the palace is built of Obernkirchen sandstone (Obernkirchener Sandstein) from the Cretaceous Age—a densely compacted quartz sand with a fine-grained texture.

▶	The Bückeburg Palace complex: entrance of the Marstallmuseum
▶	Sieben Schlösser in the Leine Valley and the Weser Hills: Bückeburg Palace
▶	Bückeburg Palace. An architectural gem, with a gem of mausoleum.
▶	Schloss Bückeburg
▶	Obernkirchener Sandstein: Origin/Geology