Ruin
Burg Ardeck
🇩🇪 Germany · 14th century
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.
Burg Ardeck ranks #6,536 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #491 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded 1395, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 31 km away. It is one of the 33 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Burg Ardeck?
Burg Ardeck stands in Germany, at 50.3543°, 8.0415°.
When was Burg Ardeck built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1395. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Burg Ardeck?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,536 of 8,134 worldwide, and #491 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Burg Ardeck?
Schloss Oranienstein, about 4 km away.
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