Osterburg

The Osterburg (German: [ˈoːstɐbʊʁk] ) is a castle located conspicuously on a hill in the middle of the town of Weida in the county of Greiz in the German state of Thuringia.

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Osterburg ranks #3,146 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #230 of the 254 mapped in Germany. Founded 1163, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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