Talk:Schloss Oldenburg

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The present building is obviously not a castle (Burg) but a schloss, - how about moving it to Schloss Oldenburg? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:05, 13 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are obviously a number of "Schloss"-articles referring to German castles or palaces in the English WP, like Schloss Charlottenburg, Schloss Weilburg, Schloss Meseberg etc. This is not particularly appropriate, although the German term "Schloss" is explained in a separate article in the English WP, because it is still not familiar to all English-speaking readers. Hardly anyone will type this into the search. And translatable terms are also commonly translated in WP. The English word "castle" translates to "Burg" in German, which means a medieval complex with towers etc. The english article "Burg" however is just a disambiguation page, while there is no separate article on the explanation of the German word, like the Schloss-page. The Oldenburg Castle, however, meets the requirements for the English "Palace" and could therefore be called that, as well as Charlottenburg. But there are borderline cases in which neither castle nor palace fits. 'Palace' seems to be too grandiose for a manor house like, for instance, Meseberg, or Rastede Palace. In addition, there is a tradition in Germany of naming even simple manor houses, if they belonged to ruling dynasties, Schloss, whereas 'Manor houses' are typically the seats of landed gentry. In England, on the other hand, they call it a house (like Sandringham House) or 'Abbey' (like Forde Abbey, because of its past). For such cases it is difficult to find the right translation into English if they are not to differ from the German term. -- Equord (talk) 14:02, 5 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]