Netherlands · 13th century
Erenstein Castle (German: Schloss Erenstein) is a 13th-century castle in Kerkrade in the south-east of the Dutch province of Limburg. Erenstein Castle lies in the so-called Anstelvallei (Anstel valley) directly on the Anstelerbeek.
Machine-translated from “Kasteel Erenstein” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Erenstein Castle ranks #5,567 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #59 of the 198 mapped in Netherlands. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 989 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 33 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Aachen, 11 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.
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