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Rakvere Castle

castle in Estonia
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Summary

Rakvere Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rakvere City[3]
  • Country: Estonia[4]
  • Location: Rakvere[5]
  • Commons category: Rakvere Castle[6]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Vallimägi[7]
  • Described at URL: https://virumaamuuseumid.ee/rakvere-linnus/[8]
  • Heritage designation: architectural monument[9]
  • Native label: Rakvere ordulinnus[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Eesti 1000[11]

Why It Matters

Rakvere Castle has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Estonia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Register of Cultural Monuments. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Rakvere Castle. Retrieved October 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/rakvere-castle
MLA “Rakvere Castle.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/rakvere-castle.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_rakvere-castle_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Rakvere Castle}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/rakvere-castle}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · ~2026-48367-49 · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 18
    Short name → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'de', 'et', 'eu', 'fa', 'fiu_vro', 'fr', 'hu', 'hy', 'ka', 'kk
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Short name: Rakvere, not an actual multilanguage short name; see [[Special:PermaLink/2514757630|further talk comments]]"
  2. 14w ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Eesti 1000
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Rakvere City
    Instance of → castle
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39462|batch #39462]]"
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