Russia · 14th century
Insterburg Castle ranks #3,606 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #87 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1336, it is older than 58% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,532 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 84 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
Insterburg Castle was an Order castle of the Teutonic Order in the then East Prussian town of Insterburg, today Chernyakhovsk. It served as a border castle against the hostile Lithuanians.
Machine-translated from “Burg Insterburg” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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