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Burg Oybin

Germany · 14th century

Founded
1364
Location
Oybin
Elevation
514 m
Coordinates
50.84444°, 14.74°
Links
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Burg Oybin in Germany
Photo: Brücke-Osteuropa · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Burg Oybin, in Czech hrad Ojvín or Ojivín, or in the German transcription Ojbín, is the ruin of a hilltop castle standing on the hill of the same name in the Zittau Mountains (514 m), above the village of the same name in the district of Görlitz in Upper Lusatia, roughly two kilometres as the crow flies to the north of the Czech-German state border. Besides the castle, the grounds also contain the ruin of a monastery of the Celestines founded in 1369.

The castle grounds occupy the whole area of the summit of the hill of the same name. Besides the castle itself, the site also includes the imperial house on the western side, and the ruin of the monastery, the hilltop cemetery of the village of Oybin and a hut with a restaurant. At the highest point of the hill there is a camera obscura. The church on the slope by the path to the castle conceals remarkable paintings in its interior.

Machine-translated from “Oybin (hrad)” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Burg Oybin ranks #6,108 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #604 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1364, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 797 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,469 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 23 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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