Czech Republic · 14th century
Reichenštejn ranks #7,219 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #222 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nysa, 28 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
Reichenštejn (German Burg Reichenstein; Czech Rychlebský hrad) is a historically unattested name for the ruin of a spur castle in the cadastral area of Javorník (Jauernig) in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic. The castle's name refers to the Rychleby Mountains, in which the remains of the castle lie.
Machine-translated from “Burg Rychleby” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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