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Burg Rheineck

Germany · 11th century

Founded
c. 1050
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Rhineland-Palatinate
Location
Bad Breisig
Coordinates
50.4959°, 7.31299°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Burg Rheineck in Germany
Photo: MFSG · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Burg Rheineck is a hill castle near Bad Breisig in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Ahrweiler. It grew out of a medieval complex of the 11th century and was the centre of the Burgraviate of Rheineck. It is the only hill castle in the Lower Middle Rhine Valley still preserved in substantial parts.

Machine-translated from “Burg Rheineck” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Burg Rheineck ranks #5,700 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #536 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 458 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,269 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 26 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 25 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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