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High Castle of Füssen

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1292
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Location
Füssen
Coordinates
47.5671°, 10.69805°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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High Castle of Füssen in Germany
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Gothic Hohes Schloss of the bishops of Augsburg lies on a hill above the old town of Füssen in Swabia. The large castle-palace is regarded as one of the best-preserved medieval castle complexes in Bavaria.

Machine-translated from “Hohes Schloss Füssen” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

High Castle of Füssen ranks #5,276 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #475 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1292, it is older than 64% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,638 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Innsbruck, 62 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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