Castle
Ełk Castle
🇵🇱 Poland · 14th century
Ełk Castle was an order castle of the Teutonic Order in the then East Prussian town of Lyck, today Ełk.
Machine-translated from “Burg Lyck” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ełk Castle ranks #4,642 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #174 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Founded 1398, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,689 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. It is one of the 25 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Warmia and Masuria. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Ełk Castle?
Ełk Castle stands in Poland, at 53.81861°, 22.34167°.
When was Ełk Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1398. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Ełk Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,642 of 8,134 worldwide, and #174 in Poland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Ełk Castle?
Osowiec Fortress, about 44 km away.
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