Castle
Roštejn
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 14th century
Roštejn (German Rosenstein) lies six kilometres north of Telč in the Jihlava District in the Czech Republic. Because of its position on a rocky promontory it offers a good view over the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands.
Machine-translated from “Burg Roštejn” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Roštejn ranks #5,590 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #168 of the 203 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 53% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 86 km away. It is one of the 159 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Roštejn?
Roštejn stands in the Czech Republic, at 49.25167°, 15.42639°.
When was Roštejn built?
The atlas dates its founding to c. 1400. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Roštejn?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,590 of 8,134 worldwide, and #168 in the Czech Republic. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Roštejn?
Telč château, about 8 km away.
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