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Schloss Egg

Germany · 11th century

Founded
c. 1050
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Location
Bernried
Coordinates
48.88199°, 12.92186°
Links
OpenStreetMap · Wikimedia Commons
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Schloss Egg in Germany
Photo: Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Egg stands in the Egg district of the municipality of Bernried in the district of Deggendorf. The former defensive complex was laid out in the 11th century in the valley of the Mettenbach as a moated castle and was remodelled in the Romantic manner in the middle of the 19th century. The complex is recorded under file number D-2-71-116-14 as an architectural monument. The complex is furthermore listed as an archaeological monument under file number D-2-7143-0001 with the description “subsurface medieval and early modern features in the area of the castle site and Schloss of Egg”.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Egg” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Schloss Egg ranks #6,746 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #713 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1050, it is older than 89% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 458 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,188 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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