Andělská Hora Castle

Andělská Hora, also called Engelsburg in the Germanic form of the name, is a castle above the village of Andělská Hora, about 7 kilometres (4 mi) southeast of Karlovy Vary, in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. The translation of "Andělská Hora" and "Engelsburg" is "Angel's Mountain."

The ruins of Andělská Hora Castle stands upon a rock overlooking the village of Andělská Hora which lies just below. It was founded at the turn of the 14th to the 15th century by Boreš z Rýznburk, a noblemen from the Rýznburk family, as protection for their estates. The castle was destroyed by fire during the Thirty Years' War and abandoned in the 17th century.

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Andělská Hora Castle ranks #3,109 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #88 of the 132 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1412, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 162 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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