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Hirschhorn Castle

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1260
Heritage status
cultural heritage monument in Hesse
Location
Hirschhorn
Coordinates
49.4494°, 8.89833°
Links
Wikimedia Commons · Plan
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Hirschhorn Castle in Germany
Photo: BishkekRocks · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Hirschhorn Castle, also Schloss Hirschhorn, is a very well preserved spur castle and palace complex above the Hessian town of Hirschhorn, which lies on the Neckar, on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.

Machine-translated from “Burg Hirschhorn” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Hirschhorn Castle ranks #5,983 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #582 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1260, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,108 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Heidelberg, 14 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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