Czech Republic · 13th century
Děvičky (also known as Dívčí hrady, Maidberg [maidbeʁg] or Maidenburg [maidn̩buʁg]) is the ruin of a Gothic castle forming the landmark of the northern edge of the ridge of the Děvín massif, the highest peak of the Pavlov Hills in southern Moravia. It stands on a limestone rock rising to an elevation of 428 meters. Since 1964 it has been protected as a cultural monument.
Machine-translated from “Děvičky” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dívčí hrady ranks #6,245 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #195 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,270 times in the last 60 days, more than 57% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 36 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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