Hoheneck Castle

Hoheneck Castle is a medieval castle above Ipsheim and also a district of the municipality of Ipsheim in the Landkreis Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Middle Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. Since 1984, the youth castle serves as an educational institution of the Youth Council of the city of Nuremberg.

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Hoheneck Castle ranks #3,779 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #275 of the 349 mapped in Germany. Founded 1132, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 267 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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