Lichtenstein Castle

Lichtenstein Castle (Schloss Lichtenstein) is a privately owned Gothic Revival castle located in the Swabian Jura of southern Germany. It was designed by Carl Alexander Heideloff and its name means "shining stone" or "bright stone". The castle overlooks the Echaz valley near Honau, Reutlingen, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. The modern castle was inspired by Wilhelm Hauff's 1826 novel Lichtenstein and was built in 1840–1842. The ruins of an older medieval castle are a few hundred meters away.

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Lichtenstein Castle ranks #156 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #18 of the 492 mapped in Germany. Founded 1840, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 16,985 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stuttgart, 42 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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