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Krickenbeck Castle

Germany · 13th century

Founded
c. 1250
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in North Rhine-Westphalia
Location
Nettetal
Coordinates
51.35092°, 6.25672°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Krickenbeck Castle in Germany
Photo: Käthe und Bernd Limburg, www.limburg-bernd.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Krickenbeck lies in Nettetal on the Lower Rhine, in the area of the Krickenbeck Lakes. The moated castle, long exposed to decay, was used between May 1991 and August 2011 as a conference centre of WestLB.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Krickenbeck” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Krickenbeck Castle ranks #6,231 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #631 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 965 times in the last 60 days, more than 54% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Roermond, 26 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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