Germany · 14th century
Katz Castle (German: Burg Katz) is a castle above the German town of Sankt Goarshausen in Rhineland-Palatinate. The castle stands on a ledge looking downstream from the riverside at Sankt Goar. It was first built around 1371 by Count William II of Katzenelnbogen. The castle was bombarded in 1806 by Napoleon and rebuilt in the late 19th century, in 1896–98. It is now privately owned, and not open for visitors.
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Katz Castle ranks #1,091 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #85 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1371, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,844 times in the last 60 days, more than 88% of the atlas. 34 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 25 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. It is stop 16 of 32 on the Rhine castle route, Bingen to Koblenz. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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