Czech Republic · 14th century
Roštejn ranks #5,985 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #182 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. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Brno, 86 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
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.
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