Germany · 12th century
Burg Satzvey is a medieval moated castle, originally from the 12th century, which lies on the northeastern edge of the Eifel in Mechernich (the Satzvey district) in the district of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).
Among experts it is regarded as the best preserved moated castle of the Rhineland in its original building fabric, as a gem of Rhenish castle building and as a monument of noble culture and way of life.
Machine-translated from “Burg Satzvey” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burg Satzvey ranks #3,074 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #249 of the 709 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,743 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cologne, 40 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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