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Schloss Schönstein

Germany · 13th century

Founded
1255
Heritage status
Kulturdenkmal
Location
Wissen
Coordinates
50.7764°, 7.7507°
Links
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Schloss Schönstein in Germany
Photo: Wolkenkratzer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Schloss Schönstein lies in the Schönstein district of Wissen (district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) and was first mentioned in a document in 1255. It is in the private ownership of the House of Hatzfeldt-Dönhoff.

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

In the rankings

Schloss Schönstein ranks #7,106 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #765 of the 927 mapped in Germany. Founded 1255, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1134 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 873 times in the last 60 days, more than 51% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Koblenz, 48 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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