Germany · 13th century
Genovevaburg is a castle standing on the southwestern side of Mayen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle is the symbol of Mayen and has been rebuilt several times since first being destroyed in 1689. Its name comes from a legend, according to which the seats of counts palatine, Siegfried and his wife, Genevieve of Brabant (German: Genoveva), were supposed to be on the same hill in (or above) Mayen. The earliest references linking the legend to this region date to the 17th century. Since when the castle and its bergfried, the so-called Golo Tower (Goloturm), have been linked to the legend is unknown.
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Genovevaburg ranks #2,962 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #233 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1201, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,182 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 21 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 27 km away. It is one of the 51 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Moselle. It is stop 18 of 36 on the Moselle castle route, Trier to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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