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Burgruine Eppenstein
🇦🇹 Austria
Burgruine Eppenstein is a ruined medieval castle overlooking Eppenstein in the Austrian state of Styria. It was built about 1000 AD as the ancestral seat of the Eppenstein dynasty, whose members served as Margraves of Styria and were enfeoffed with the Duchy of Carinthia in the 11th and 12th century.
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Burgruine Eppenstein ranks #3,472 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #94 of the 182 mapped in Austria. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.
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