Germany · 11th century
Are Castle ranks #4,608 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #386 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1100, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,112 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 16 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 46 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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.
Text adapted from “Are Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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