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Freusburg

Germany · 10th century

Founded
913
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Coordinates
50.8267°, 7.88111°
Links
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Freusburg in Germany
Photo: GMcGath · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Freusburg is an early medieval hill castle on a hilltop high above the valley of the Sieg in Freusburg, a district of Kirchen in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate. The nearby settlement of Freusburg is named after the hill castle.

Machine-translated from “Burg Freusburg” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Freusburg ranks #7,994 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #865 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 913, it is older than 94% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 206 atlas entries founded in the 10th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 56 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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