Castle
Bürresheim Castle
🇩🇪 Germany
Bürresheim Castle (German: Schloss Bürresheim) is a medieval castle northwest of Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It is built on rock in the Eifel mountains above the Nette. Bürresheim Castle, Eltz Castle and Lissingen Castle are the only castles in the Eifel region which have never been destroyed. It was inhabited until 1921 and is now a museum operated by the General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate.
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Bürresheim Castle ranks #720 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #59 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,910 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 30 km away. It is one of the 43 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Moselle. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Bürresheim Castle?
Bürresheim Castle stands in Germany, at 50.3528°, 7.17971°.
How famous is Bürresheim Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #720 of 7,738 worldwide, and #59 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 Bürresheim Castle?
Genovevaburg, about 4 km away.
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