Czech Republic · 13th century
Castle Velhartice ranks #4,927 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #144 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,547 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 46,000 visitors in 2022. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 53 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
Castle Velhartice (German Welhartitz) is located east of the village of Velhartice on a rocky spur above the Ostružná in the Klatovy District, Czech Republic.
Machine-translated from “Burg Velhartice” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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