Castle
Born Castle
🇱🇺 Luxembourg · 18th century
Born Castle (Luxembourgish: Schlass Bur; French: Château de Born; German: Schloss Born) is located in the centre of the little village of Born some 8 km (5 mi) north of Wasserbillig in south-eastern Luxembourg. It has a history dating from 1286 when the Lords of Born lived there. In particular, they were associated with the families of Hattstein, Faust d'Aschaffenbourg and de Villers. Today's castle was built on the old site in the 18th century and is privately owned.
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Born Castle ranks #4,300 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 42 mapped in Luxembourg. Founded 1740, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 360 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Luxembourg compares in the castle statistics.
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