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Fürstenberg Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 13th century
Fürstenberg Castle (German: Burg Fürstenberg) is a castle in the municipality of Oberdiebach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
When the castle was built in 1219, this part of the small (2000 acres) Oberdiebach was the village of Rheindiebach.
Text adapted from “Fürstenberg Castle (Rheindiebach)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fürstenberg Castle ranks #4,566 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #352 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded 1219, it is older than 76% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 22 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wiesbaden, 33 km away. It is one of the 33 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. It is stop 9 of 27 on the Rhine castle route, Bingen to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Fürstenberg Castle?
Fürstenberg Castle stands in Germany, at 50.0417°, 7.78739°.
When was Fürstenberg Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1219. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fürstenberg Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #4,566 of 8,133 worldwide, and #352 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fürstenberg Castle?
Heimburg Castle, about 2 km away.
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