Czech Republic · 15th century
Cuknštejn Fortress (in German Zuckenstein) is a medieval manor house located near the village of Světví, in the cadastral territory of the village of Údolí (house no. 152), part of the town of Nové Hrady in the České Budějovice district. It is protected as a cultural monument, entered on the register of monuments under registration number 30290/3-145 before 1988. It is one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in southern Bohemia.
Machine-translated from “Cuknštejn” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cuknštejn Fortress ranks #7,350 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #226 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1500, it is older than 43% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 554 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Linz, 62 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.
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