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Wirtemberg Castle
🇩🇪 Germany · 11th century
Wirtemberg Castle, a ruined hilltop castle, is the second family seat of the House of Württemberg, whose ancestors had abandoned Beutelsbach Castle (also known as "Kappelberg Castle"). Built on the eponymous Württemberg mountain in a spur of the Schurwald around 411 m (1,348 ft) above sea level, it is located in the current municipality of Rotenberg in Stuttgart, between Bad Cannstatt and Esslingen am Neckar. Between 1080 and 1819, three castles with this name existed in the area.
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Wirtemberg Castle ranks #2,611 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #190 of the 254 mapped in Germany. Founded 1080, it is older than 91% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 120 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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