Castle
Falkenstein Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 12th century
Falkenstein Castle (German: Burg Falkenstein), also formerly called New Falkenstein Castle (Burg Neuer Falkenstein) to distinguish it from Old Falkenstein Castle, is a German hill castle in the Harz Mittelgebirge, dating to the High Middle Ages. It is located in the town of Falkenstein between Aschersleben and Harzgerode.
Text adapted from “Falkenstein Castle (Harz)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Falkenstein Castle ranks #2,290 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #158 of the 254 mapped in Germany. Founded 1120, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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