Russia · 14th century
Ragnit Castle ranks #5,010 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #95 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1310, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,472 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
Ragnit Castle was an important Order castle in the north of East Prussia. With it the Teutonic Order controlled the Neman and trade with Russia. Since 1945 Ragnit, as Neman, has belonged to the Soviet and today Russian Kaliningrad Oblast.
Machine-translated from “Burg Ragnit” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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