Czech Republic · 13th century
Gutštejn Castle ranks #6,041 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #183 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 29 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
Gutštejn Castle (German Guttenstein) is regarded as one of the most beautiful castle ruins in the Czech Republic. It stands in wooded, hilly countryside southeast of Konstantinovy Lázně (Konstantinsbad) in the Tachov District on a promontory above the Hadovka brook.
Machine-translated from “Gutštejn” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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