Ruin
Scharzfels Castle
🇩🇪 Germany
Scharzfels Castle (German: Burgruine Scharzfels) is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It lies in a wood on a ridge about 150 m above the Oder valley. For centuries after its construction in the 10th or 11th century it remained an impregnable fortress. The inner ward is built on a dolomite rock outcrop about 20 m high. The castle was first captured after a siege in 1761 during the Seven Years' War and then blown up.
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Scharzfels Castle ranks #256 of 6,412 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 of the 450 mapped in Germany. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Scharzfels Castle?
Scharzfels Castle stands in Germany, at 51.629°, 10.4089°.
How famous is Scharzfels Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #256 of 6,412 worldwide, and #31 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Scharzfels Castle?
Herzberg Castle, about 6 km away.
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