Germany · 13th century
Burg Wildenburg (Eifel) ranks #6,516 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #581 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1202, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aachen, 45 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
The Wildenburg lies in the North Rhine-Westphalian part of the Eifel Mountains in the national park district of Hellenthal in the German county of Euskirchen.
The castle was built between 1202 and 1235 and is one of the few hill castles in the Eifel that has not been destroyed by war or demolition. It was the centre of gravity of a territorial lordship that extended in the west as far as the present border with Belgium and in the east reached the gates of Steinfeld Abbey. As in the Middle Ages the castle may only be accessed on a single road, today the Landesstraße 22, which runs from the valley of the Reifferscheider Bach via Steinfeld into the valley of the River Urft.
Text adapted from “Wildenburg Castle (Eifel)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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