Germany · 13th century
Bischofstein Castle (German: Burg Bischofstein) is a castle by the Moselle in Germany. It sits between Moselkern and Hatzenport; these and the castle face the borough of Burgen. It was a stronghold belonging to the Archbishops of Treves.
Characteristics are its tall, cylindrical tower girt midway-up with white plaster and the ruinous walls of a small chapel adjoining. The tower is specifically a donjon, (a keep).
The castle was built in 1270, destroyed in 1689 and rebuilt again in 1930. It was purchased in 1954 by Fichte Gymnasium in Krefeld, Germany and currently serves as the school's retreat center.
Text adapted from “Bischofstein Castle (Germany)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bischofstein Castle ranks #6,408 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #566 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1270, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 30 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 22 km away. It is one of the 51 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Moselle. It is stop 14 of 36 on the Moselle castle route, Trier to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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