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Prunn Castle

Germany · 12th century

Founded
c. 1200
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Coordinates
48.95046°, 11.73988°
Links
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Prunn Castle in Germany
Photo: Qflieger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Prunn Castle stands in Schloßprunn on a steeply falling limestone rock from the Jurassic period, about four kilometres south-east of the Lower Bavarian town of Riedenburg in the district of Kelheim. It is recorded as an architectural monument under file number D-2-73-164-132. The complex is listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-2-7036-0231 with the description “subsurface findings in the area of the medieval Burg Prunn”. The castle complex can be visited for a fee.

From its courtyard there is a good view over the Altmühl valley with the Main-Danube Canal.

Machine-translated from “Burg Prunn” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Prunn Castle ranks #5,429 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #497 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1200, it is older than 75% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,470 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Munich, 91 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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