Germany · 12th century
Castle Blankenheim ranks #5,874 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #515 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1115, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aachen, 55 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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.
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