Castle
Burg Rode
🇩🇪 Germany
Burg Rode is a hilltop castle in the town centre of Herzogenrath in the Aachen city region. It lies only a few hundred metres from the border with the neighbouring Dutch town of Kerkrade. The association "Burg Rode Herzogenrath e. V." holds regular events in the castle such as concerts, dialect evenings, exhibitions and cabaret. The traditional castle festival takes place in June. Castle tours are also offered, and the Herzogenrath registry office regularly conducts weddings there.
Machine-translated from “Burg Rode” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burg Rode ranks #6,230 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #475 of the 505 mapped in Germany. 29 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aachen, 10 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Burg Rode?
Burg Rode stands in Germany, at 50.8669°, 6.09°.
How famous is Burg Rode?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,230 of 8,134 worldwide, and #475 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 Rode?
Erenstein Castle, about 3 km away.
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