Castle
Burg Wetter
🇩🇪 Germany · 13th century
Burg Wetter on the Harkortsee at about 100 metres above sea level in the town of Wetter (Ruhr) was among the most important castles of the Ruhr valley. Today it is a ruin and lies near the town hall of Wetter within the area of the historic Freiheit Wetter on a foothill of the Ardey Hills. From here the Counts of the Mark administered their possessions on the Ruhr.
The hill castle ruin and the castle tower, the ruin of the keep, are entered as architectural monuments Nos. 24 and 25 in the monument list of Wetter. The complex is a site on the Route der Industriekultur.
Machine-translated from “Burg Wetter” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burg Wetter ranks #5,322 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #425 of the 475 mapped in Germany. Founded 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 781 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Burg Wetter?
Burg Wetter stands in Germany, at 51.3893°, 7.40028°.
When was Burg Wetter built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1250. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Burg Wetter?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,322 of 7,044 worldwide, and #425 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 Wetter?
Burg Volmarstein, about 2 km away.
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