Ahlden House
| Ahlden House | |
|---|---|
Schloss Ahlden | |
Main building of 1613 and entrance to the house | |
| General information | |
| Type | Stately home |
| Location | Ahlden |
| Country | Germany |
| Opened | 1549 |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Timber-framed |
| Floor count | 2 |
Ahlden House (German: Schloss Ahlden) is a stately home at Ahlden on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was built in 1549, originally as a water castle on the river Aller, which has since changed its course. Nowadays the three-winged mansion is a private residence and is used as an arts auction house.
It is principally known as the place of imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea of Celle, otherwise Sophie Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg, wife of George I of Great Britain and the mother of George II of Great Britain.