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Helfenburk (Úštěk)

Czech Republic · 14th century

Founded
c. 1400
Style
Gothic architecture
Heritage status
cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Location
Rašovice
Coordinates
50.57944°, 14.38389°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Helfenburk (Úštěk) in the Czech Republic
Photo: ŠJů · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Helfenburk u Úštěka (also Hrádek) is the ruin of a castle from the 14th century about 3 km from the small town of Úštěk in the Litoměřice District. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1964. It was built on the top of a sandstone spur that juts out into the wooded valley of Hrádecký důl at an elevation of 310 metres, rising seventy metres above the valley floor.

Machine-translated from “Helfenburk u Úštěka” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Helfenburk (Úštěk) ranks #5,902 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #169 of the 257 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 51% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 797 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,142 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Děčín, 25 km away. It is one of the 201 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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