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Ruine Lichtenfels

Austria · 12th century

Founded
1150
Heritage status
Listed objects in Austria
Location
Zwettl
Coordinates
48.5904°, 15.3232°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Ruine Lichtenfels in Austria
Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Burg Lichtenfels is the ruin of a hill castle near Peygarten-Ottenstein in the Waldviertel, Lower Austria, belonging to the town of Zwettl-Niederösterreich.

Machine-translated from “Burg Lichtenfels (Ottenstein)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Ruine Lichtenfels ranks #8,604 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #298 of the 316 mapped in Austria. Founded 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 12 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is St. Pölten, 49 km away. See how Austria compares in the castle statistics.

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