Possenhofen Castle (Schloß Possenhofen) is located in the town of Possenhofen on the western shore of Lake Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. Lake Starnberg ( Starnberger See) in southern Bavaria is Germany 's fourth largest lake and a popular recreation area for the nearby city of Munich Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
The castle was built in 1536 by Jakob Rosenbusch, was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, then rebuilt. For the Mauritanian Thirty Years' War see Char Bouba war. For the band see The 30 Years War. It passed through various owners before being bought in 1834 by Maximilian, Duke in Bavaria, father of Empress Elizabeth ("Sissi"); thus, the castle is best remembered today as her birthplace and favorite vacation retreat. Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie ( 24 December, 1837 &ndash 10 September, 1898) of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress
The castle became derelict after 1920 and subsequently served various functions - children's home, hospital, even a motorcycle repair shop - until being restored and converted to flats in the 1980s. The street address is Karl-Theodor-Straße 14, Possenhofen.