Castle
Vartenberk Castle
🇨🇿 Czech Republic · 13th century
Vartenberk Castle (formerly also Vartemberk, German Wartenberg or Warttenberg) lies north-east of the North Bohemian small town of Stráž pod Ralskem on the Zámecký vrch (352 m) above the valley of the Ploučnice. It was built at the end of the 15th century as a Renaissance palace on the foundations of a Gothic castle of the 12th to 13th centuries.
Machine-translated from “Vartenberk” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vartenberk Castle ranks #5,500 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #177 of the 200 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1281, it is older than 67% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 825 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 19 km away. It is one of the 156 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Vartenberk Castle?
Vartenberk Castle stands in the Czech Republic, at 50.70558°, 14.80015°.
When was Vartenberk Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1281. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Vartenberk Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,500 of 7,738 worldwide, and #177 in the Czech Republic. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Vartenberk Castle?
Lemberk Castle, about 8 km away.
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