Germany · 13th century
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 #5,199 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #442 of the 709 mapped in Germany. Founded 1294, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 23 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wiesbaden, 31 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. It is stop 9 of 32 on the Rhine castle route, Bingen to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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