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Burg Saalau

Russia · 14th century

Burg Saalau in Russia
Photo: Dmitry krpvch · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Burg Saalau ranks #7,711 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #132 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1352, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 68 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

Burg Saalau (German: Saalau) is a castle of the Bishop of Samland in the northern part of the former East Prussia, in the present-day Chernyakhovsk district of the Kaliningrad region.

Machine-translated from “Замок Заалау” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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