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Isenburg (Hattingen)

Germany · 12th century

Founded
1193
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument
Location
Hattingen
Coordinates
51.3875°, 7.15222°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Isenburg (Hattingen) in Germany
Photo: André Schäfer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

The Isenburg in Hattingen, called Burg Isenberg in old documents, was built for Arnold of Altena (1173–1209) on the Isenberg west of the town in the years 1193 to 1199. Destroyed in 1225, the spur castle survives today as a ruin on a steep rock spur above the loop of the Ruhr at Hattingen. Within the ruins stands the Landhaus Custodis from the 19th century.

Machine-translated from “Isenburg (Hattingen)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Isenburg (Hattingen) ranks #5,146 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #454 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1193, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,786 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% of the atlas. 21 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Essen, 12 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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