Germany · 11th century
Starkenburg ranks #4,094 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #335 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded 1065, it is older than 88% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 439 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,588 times in the last 60 days, more than 63% of the atlas. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Mannheim, 22 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
The Starkenburg is a hilltop castle at 295 m above sea level on the Schlossberg above Heppenheim an der Bergstraße. It gave its name to the former South Hessian province of Starkenburg.
Machine-translated from “Starkenburg (Burg)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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