Castle
Diez Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 11th century
The high-medieval Diez Count's Castle is a hilltop castle above the town of Diez in the Rhein-Lahn district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Machine-translated from “Grafenschloss Diez” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Diez Castle ranks #5,034 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #409 of the 618 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1001, it is older than 92% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 344 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,599 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 29 km away. It is one of the 35 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Diez Castle?
Diez Castle stands in Germany, at 50.3714°, 8.00667°.
When was Diez Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1001. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Diez Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,034 of 8,764 worldwide, and #409 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 Diez Castle?
Schloss Oranienstein, about 1 km away.
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