Wartburg
castle in Eisenach, Germany
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Summary
Wartburg is a castle[1]. Wartburg ranks in the top 2% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,763 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Eisenach[3]
- Country: Germany[4]
- Instance of: museum[5], building[6]
- Founder: Louis the Springer[7]
- Owned by: Thuringia[8]
- Architectural style: Romanesque architecture[9]
- Commons category: Wartburg Castle[10]
- Inception: 1067[11]
- Official website: https://www.wartburg.de/de/[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wartburg Castle[13]
- Commons gallery: Wartburg[14]
- Visitors per year: 480,804[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], The New Student's Reference Work[19], Meyer’s Universum, Dritter Band[20], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[21], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[22], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[23], Meyer’s Universum, Zwanzigster Band[24]
- Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[25]
- Category for people born here: Q109317395[26]
- Native label: Wartburg[27]
- Category of associated people: Q109317388[28]
- Elevation above sea level: 393 m[29]
- World Heritage criteria: (iii)[30], (vi)[31]
- Mountain range: Thuringian Forest[32]
- Street address: Auf der Wartburg 1, 99817 Eisenach[33]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Wartburg Castle[34]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Wartburg include Wartburg[35], a car brand[36], in German Democratic Republic[37], founded in 1956[38]; Wartburg Festival[39], an assembly[40]; and 5478 Wartburg[41], an asteroid[42].
Why It Matters
Wartburg has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Wartburg is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for Wartburg include Wartburg[35], a car brand[36], in German Democratic Republic[37], founded in 1956[38]; Wartburg Festival[39], an assembly[40]; and 5478 Wartburg[41], an asteroid[42].