Lihtenberk Castle

Lihtenberk Castle (Slovene: Grad Lihtenberk, German: Schloss Lichtenberg) is a 13th-century castle ruin located in the Municipality of Šmartno pri Litiji in central Slovenia, directly adjacent to later Bogenšperk Castle. It is best known for a minor association with the 17th-century historian Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, who owned the ruin and styled himself (among other things) "von Lichtenberg."

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Lihtenberk Castle ranks #4,366 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 28 mapped in Slovenia. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 74% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 519 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Slovenia compares in the castle statistics.

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