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Szczerba Castle

🇵🇱 Poland

Szczerba Castle in Poland
Photo: Mikołaj Kirschke · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

The ruin of Szczerba Castle, German Burg Schnallenstein (also Burg Schnellenstein; in Polish also Śnielin), lies in the Bystrzyckie Mountains (Polish Góry Bystrzyckie) on a rocky hill spur between the villages of Różanka (Rosenthal) and Gniewoszów (Seitendorf). It belongs to the municipality of Międzylesie (Mittelwalde) in the Powiat Kłodzki (Glatz district).

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

Szczerba Castle ranks #6,008 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #234 of the 374 mapped in Poland. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nysa, 59 km away. It is one of the 72 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Szczerba Castle?

Szczerba Castle stands in Poland, at 50.19483°, 16.62008°.

How famous is Szczerba Castle?

In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,008 of 8,134 worldwide, and #234 in Poland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.

What is the nearest castle to Szczerba Castle?

Międzylesie Castle, about 6 km away.

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