Luxembourg · 12th century
Stolzembourg Castle (Luxembourgish: Buerg Stolzebuerg; French: Château de Stolzembourg; German: Burg Stozembourg) is located on a hill in the centre of the village of Stolzembourg in north-eastern Luxembourg. The current building was built on the ruins of the medieval castle in 1898 in the style of a Scottish country house.
In the 12th century, a tower was built to keep watch over the road along the River Our. The first mention of a fortress was in 1315. In 1454, the governor Antoine de Croÿ pulled down the castle. After it had been rebuilt, it was finally destroyed by the French troops of Louis XIV in 1679. In 1898, a Scottish-style country house was built on the ruins.
The castle is privately owned and is not open to visitors.
Text adapted from “Stolzembourg Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stolzembourg Castle ranks #5,700 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 of the 49 mapped in Luxembourg. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. 22 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Luxembourg, 39 km away. See how Luxembourg compares in the castle statistics.
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