Castle
Gräfgenstein Castle
Germany
- Heritage status
- architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Location
- Ratingen
- Coordinates
- 51.311°, 6.89461°
- Open data
- Wikidata Q1012090
Description
Gräfgenstein Castle (earlier names include Griffgenstein, Greifenstein, Grevenstein and Grevensteyne) is a partly preserved medieval hill castle complex at 100 m above sea level (NN) and an architectural monument on the Angerbach in Ratingen. The castle is privately inhabited, is used as a farm and can only be viewed from the outside.
Machine-translated from “Burg Gräfgenstein” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
In the rankings
Gräfgenstein Castle ranks #6,419 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #664 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,440 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 19 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Düsseldorf, 13 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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