Sirotčí hrádek

Sirotčí hrádek (also Sirotčí hrad, Sirotčí hrady or Růžový hrad; German: Waisenstein or Rosenstein) is a ruin of a Gothic castle in the municipality Klentnice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The origins of the castle date back to the 13th century, when it was built by the Wehingen family; the castle then belonged to the Liechtensteins and the Dietrichsteins, before being abandoned in the 16th century. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958.

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Sirotčí hrádek ranks #4,226 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #111 of the 182 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1300, it is older than 66% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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