Neurathen Castle

Neurathen Castle (German: Felsenburg Neurathen), which was first mentioned by this name in 1755, is located near the famous Bastei rocks near Rathen in Saxon Switzerland in the German state of Saxony. This was once the largest rock castle in the region, but today only the rooms carved out of the rock, passages, the cistern and the beam supports of the former wooden superstructure have survived. In the years 1982–1984 parts of the extensive castle were used to build the open-air museum.

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Neurathen Castle ranks #3,412 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #268 of the 505 mapped in Germany. Founded 1100, it is older than 86% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 325 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,167 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Děčín, 23 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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