Fortress
Feldioara Fortress
🇷🇴 Romania · 13th century
The Feldioara Fortress in Feldioara (the German place name likewise Marienburg), in Brașov County in Romania, is a medieval order castle of the Teutonic Order.
Machine-translated from “Marienburg (Feldioara)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Feldioara Fortress ranks #3,538 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 121 mapped in Romania. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,736 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brașov, 19 km away. It is one of the 78 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Transylvania. It is stop 9 of 26 on the Transylvania castle route, Bran to Cluj-Napoca. See how Romania compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Feldioara Fortress?
Feldioara Fortress stands in Romania, at 45.82024°, 25.606°.
When was Feldioara Fortress built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1250. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Feldioara Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,538 of 8,133 worldwide, and #33 in Romania. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Feldioara Fortress?
Sfântu Gheorghe fortress, about 15 km away.
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