Germany · 14th century
Castle Crottorf ranks #3,898 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #318 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1325, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,829 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wuppertal, 58 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
Castle Crottorf, occasionally also written Schloss Krottorf, is a moated castle in the Wildenburger Land two kilometres west of the village of Friesenhagen in the municipality of the same name, which lies in the Altenkirchen district in the north-east of Rhineland-Palatinate and near the border with North Rhine-Westphalia. It stands in the valley of the Wisser on the foundations of a medieval moated castle, which was first mentioned in documents in the first half of the 14th century.
Machine-translated from “Schloss Crottorf” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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