Otočec Castle

Otočec Castle (Slovene: Grad Otočec, in older sources Otočič, German: Burg Werth, Burg Wördl) is a castle hotel on a small island in the middle of the Krka River in Otočec, Slovenia. It is the only water castle in Slovenia. The name Otočec means 'small island'. The town of Otočec was renamed in 1952 by the communist government from the religious name Sveti Peter 'Saint Peter' to Otočec, and the castle itself was renamed from its former German name Werth to Otočec.

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Otočec Castle ranks #2,451 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #6 of the 36 mapped in Slovenia. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,205 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Zagreb, 58 km away. See how Slovenia compares in the castle statistics.

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