Castle
Are Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 11th century
Are Castle (pronounced "Ahr-er", German: Burg Are) is the ruin of a hill castle that stands at a height of 240 m above sea level (NHN) above the village of Altenahr in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built around 1100 by Count Dietrich I of Are and is first recorded in 1121.
Since 1965 the Are Gymnasium – a local grammar school – in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler has borne the name which is derived from the castle and its eponymous noble family.
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Are Castle ranks #3,479 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #259 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1100, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 171 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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