Germany · 12th century
Runneburg ranks #6,132 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #542 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1168, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
The Runneburg (a modern name; in the Middle Ages called Burg Weißensee) is located in the town of Weißensee in the district of Sömmerda in Thuringia.
Machine-translated from “Runneburg” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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