Germany · 13th century
Arenfels Castle ranks #4,086 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #333 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1201, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,595 times in the last 60 days, more than 64% of the atlas. 18 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 27 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
Arenfels Castle, formerly also called Schloss Arienfels or Schloss Argenfels, is a castle complex above Bad Hönningen in Rhineland-Palatinate which goes back to a medieval castle of the 13th century. The castle received its present external form between 1849 and 1855, when it was extensively altered in the Neo-Gothic style under the direction of the Cologne cathedral architect Ernst Friedrich Zwirner. Because of its 365 windows, 52 doors and 12 towers it acquired the nickname "Castle of the Year".
Since November 2023 the children's book Anton – Das Schlossgespenst von Arenfels has been available about the castle. The book was written and illustrated by Ivo Vajler.
Machine-translated from “Schloss Arenfels” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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