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Burgk Castle

Germany · 15th century

Founded
c. 1403
Heritage status
Heritage monument in Thuringia
Location
Burgk
Coordinates
50.5536°, 11.7156°
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Burgk Castle in Germany
Photo: Geisler Martin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Burgk Castle (c. 1403) is a schloss and former castle in the county of Saale-Orla-Kreis in the Thuringian Highlands of Germany, which today houses a museum that portrays the princely lifestyle of years gone by. From the time of its construction in the Middle Ages to 1945 it belonged to the House of Reuß.

The schloss and village of Burgk lie on an exposed site on a rock plateau above the village of Burgkhammer and the eponymous reservoir on a bend in the Saale River. It is nine kilometres from the A 9 motorway (Berlin–Munich).

Text adapted from “Burgk Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Burgk Castle ranks #4,560 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #379 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1403, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,088 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Karlovy Vary, 90 km away. It is one of the 38 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Thuringia. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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