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Diez Castle

Germany · 11th century

Founded
c. 1001
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Rhineland-Palatinate
Location
Diez
Coordinates
50.3714°, 8.00667°
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Diez Castle in Germany
Photo: Franzfoto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

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.

In the rankings

Diez Castle ranks #4,877 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #406 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1001, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,599 times in the last 60 days, more than 64% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 29 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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