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Rabenstein Castle (Chemnitz)

Germany · 12th century

Founded
1170
Heritage status
heritage monument in Saxony
Location
Chemnitz
Coordinates
50.8331°, 12.81826°
Links
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Rabenstein Castle (Chemnitz) in Germany
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Rabenstein Castle (German:Burg Rabenstein) is the smallest Medieval castle in Saxony. It is located in the Chemnitz suburb of Rabenstein and belongs to the Chemnitz Castle Hill Museum.

The hill castle Rabenstein was first mentioned in 1336 in a document from Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor in which he promised it as a fief to his son-in-law Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, in case the line of Waldenburg were to die out without male heirs.

At this time the castle was larger than the current. The castle walls consisted of a 180 m long wall, which enclosed an area of two hectares.

Text adapted from “Rabenstein Castle (Saxony)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Rabenstein Castle (Chemnitz) ranks #5,831 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #559 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1170, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,179 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Chomutov, 59 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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