Germany · 14th century
Burg Ardeck ranks #7,266 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #656 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1395, it is older than 52% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 31 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
Burg Ardeck (Dutch Burcht Ardeck, English Ardeck Castle) is the ruin of a late medieval hilltop castle at 157 m above sea level beside the village of Holzheim in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate. It stands freely accessible on a rise.
Machine-translated from “Burg Ardeck” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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