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Burg Windeck

Germany · 12th century

Founded
1174
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Windeck
Coordinates
50.8137°, 7.57888°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Burg Windeck in Germany
Photo: Dieter Kügler, Windeck · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Burg Windeck is a ruin in Windeck in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis in North Rhine-Westphalia. The castle ruin lies on the Schlossberg above Altwindeck. The hill castle was first mentioned in a document as “castrum novum in windeke” as early as 1174, but archaeologists consider it likely that it is older, since Count Heinrich Raspe III rebuilt it around 1170 after a destruction.

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

In the rankings

Burg Windeck ranks #7,422 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #814 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1174, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Cologne, 46 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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