Estonia · 13th century
Rakvere Castle (also called Burg Wierland or Burg Rakvere) is an important castle ruin within the town of Rakvere in the north of Estonia.
Machine-translated from “Burg Wesenberg (Rakvere)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rakvere Castle ranks #2,035 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 36 mapped in Estonia. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1090 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,342 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tallinn, 92 km away. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.
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