Germany · 20th century
Feuerstein Castle (German: Burg Feuerstein) lies at the edge of the so-called Lange Meile near Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. It was built in 1941 by Oskar Vierling as a laboratory for researching High Frequency technology and electroacoustics and was used until 1945 by 250 employees for research into weapons and communication technology as part of the German armaments programme during the Second World War.
At the end of the war the castle was seized by American soldiers, from 1946 it was rented by the Archdiocese of Bamberg under Jupp Schneider and sold in 1949. Since then the castle and the entire estate have been in use as a Roman Catholic youth and conference centre.
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Feuerstein Castle ranks #6,398 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #563 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1941 — one of 169 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,149 times in the last 60 days, more than 54% of the atlas. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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