Germany
Regenstein Castle (German: Burg Regenstein) is a ruined castle that lies three kilometres north of Blankenburg in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is a popular tourist destination where, each year, a knight's tournament and a garrison festival are held.
Of this once relatively impregnable castle, which was built in the early and high Middle Ages on a 294 metre high sandstone rock towering over the surrounding area, only ruins are visible today. Several internal rooms, carved into the rock, have survived, as have the ruins of the keep. The castle is surrounded by remnants of a more recent fortress.
Regenstein Castle is No. 80 in the system of checkpoints on the Harzer Wandernadel hiking trail network.
Below the castle is the site of the old Regenstein Mill that used to supply it with water.
Text adapted from “Regenstein Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Regenstein Castle ranks #4,108 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #333 of the 711 mapped in Germany. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,271 times in the last 60 days, more than 80% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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