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Burg Staufen

Germany · 11th century

Founded
1100
Location
Staufen im Breisgau
Coordinates
47.88617°, 7.73164°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Burg Staufen in Germany
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Description

Burg Staufen is the ruin of a hill castle in an exposed position on the Schlossberg, 375 m above sea level (NHN), in the north of the town of Staufen im Breisgau in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in Baden-Württemberg.

Machine-translated from “Burg Staufen (Breisgau)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Burg Staufen ranks #5,270 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #474 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1100, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 458 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,751 times in the last 60 days, more than 79% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Freiburg im Breisgau, 15 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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