Castle
Lendava Castle
🇸🇮 Slovenia · 13th century
The town of Lendava, Hungarian Lendva (German: Unterlimbach; formerly also Hungarian Alsólendva) is the administrative seat and main town of the Municipality of Lendava, the easternmost municipality in Slovenia, in the region of Prekmurje (Hungarian: Muravidék).
The municipality borders Hungary to the east and Croatia to the south. It largely belongs to the ethnically mixed Slovene-Hungarian area of Slovenia.
Machine-translated from “Lendava” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lendava Castle ranks #5,095 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #27 of the 47 mapped in Slovenia. Founded c. 1272, it is older than 68% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 906 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,546 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Maribor, 63 km away. See how Slovenia compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Lendava Castle?
Lendava Castle stands in Slovenia, at 46.56689°, 16.45276°.
When was Lendava Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1272. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Lendava Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,095 of 8,764 worldwide, and #27 in Slovenia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Lendava Castle?
Feštetić Castle, about 19 km away.
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