Hohenklingen Castle

Hohenklingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Stein am Rhein of the Canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

Hohenklingen is nominated for the Swiss Location Award 2021.

The Castle has been spared from war damage in the course of its history. Its silhouette with walls and roofs still corresponds to the medieval appearance from 1200 to 1422.

Hohenklingen was the first toll castle at the river Rhine and is about 5 miles away from the Rhine Falls. Stein am Rhein is also the last town before the German Border. Lake Constance ends here and is part of the border between Switzerland and Germany, with Germany on the north bank and Switzerland on the south, except both sides are Swiss in Stein am Rhein, where the High Rhine flows out of the lake.

Text adapted from “Hohenklingen Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hohenklingen Castle ranks #2,893 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #26 of the 201 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1225, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,637 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 20 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Winterthur, 21 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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