Heimburg Castle

The Heimburg (also known as Burg Hohneck or Burg Hoheneck) is a castle in the village of Niederheimbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The castle was originally constructed by Gerhard II, the archbishop of Mainz between 1294 and 1305.

Text adapted from “Heimburg in Niederheimbach” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Heimburg Castle ranks #3,225 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #237 of the 254 mapped in Germany. Founded 1294, it is older than 70% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 356 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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