Germany · 11th century
Nassau Castle, located in Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and named after it, was a castle and the ancestrial seat of the House of Nassau and also its namesake, also it is the namesake of the historical Nassau realms of the County and Duchy of Nassau . The ruins of the castle are situated on a rock outcropping about 120 m (390 ft) above the Lahn River. The House of Nassau was an aristocratic dynasty among whose descendants are the present-day monarchy of the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Nassau Castle ranks #1,307 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #104 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Founded 1093, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 436 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,836 times in the last 60 days, more than 88% of the atlas. 30 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 15 km away. It is one of the 39 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Middle Rhine. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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