Castle
Castle Blankenheim
🇩🇪 Germany · 12th century
Blankenheim Castle (German: Burg Blankenheim) is a schloss above the village of Blankenheim in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It was built as a hill castle around 1115 by Gerhard I and became the family seat of the House of Blankenheim.
The lords of Blankenheim were elevated to the countship in 1380.
The counts were related to the counts of Manderscheid and, from 1469, were named Manderscheid-Blankenheim. With the extinction of the lines of Manderscheid-Gerolstein and Manderscheid-Kail (1742) the County of Manderscheid became the largest independent territorial lordship in the Eifel.
Text adapted from “Blankenheim Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle Blankenheim ranks #257 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #32 of the 450 mapped in Germany. Founded 1115, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 337 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Castle Blankenheim?
Castle Blankenheim stands in Germany, at 50.4378°, 6.65166°.
When was Castle Blankenheim built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1115. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Castle Blankenheim?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #257 of 6,412 worldwide, and #32 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 Castle Blankenheim?
Burg Wildenburg (Eifel), about 11 km away.
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