Karlštejn

Karlštejn Castle is a large Gothic castle in the Czech Republic, founded in 1348 by King Charles IV. It served as a place for safekeeping the Imperial Regalia as well as the Bohemian crown jewels, holy relics, and other royal treasures.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Gothic castle in the Czech Republic founded by Charles IV
  • Also known as: “Karlstejn”, “Karlstejn castle”, and “Karlštejn Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Tower and Burgrave House.

Public building
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is a public building.

Public building
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is a public building.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hlásná Třebaň and Mořina.

Village
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is a municipality and village in in the of the . It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Village
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is a municipality and village in in the of the . It has about 900 inhabitants.

Village
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is a municipality and village in in the of the . It has about 1,000 inhabitants. is situated 2½ km southeast of Karlštejn.

Karlštejn

Latitude
49.9394° or 49° 56′ 22″ north
Longitude
14.1882° or 14° 11′ 18″ east
Elevation
298 metres (978 feet)
Open location code
8FXPW5QQ+Q7
Geo­Names ID
3073800
Wiki­data ID
Q266698
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Karlštejn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kasteel Karlštejn”
  • Albanian: “Karlstejn”
  • Armenian: “Կառլշտայն”
  • Armenian: “Կարլշտեյն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karlşteyn qəsri”
  • Basque: “Karlštejn gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Карлштэйн”
  • Bulgarian: “Карлщейн”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Karlštejn”
  • Cebuano: “Karlštejn (kastilyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Karlštejn”
  • Chinese: “卡尔什特因城堡”
  • Chinese: “卡尔施泰因城堡”
  • Chinese: “卡爾斯坦城堡”
  • Croatian: “Karlštejn”
  • Czech: “hrad Karlštejn”
  • Czech: “Karlštejn”
  • Czech: “Karlův Týn”
  • Danish: “Karlstein”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Karlstein”
  • Esperanto: “Karlštejn”
  • French: “Karlstejn Castle”
  • French: “Karlštejn”
  • Galician: “Castelo de Karlštejn”
  • German: “Burg Karlstein”
  • German: “Burg Karlštejn”
  • German: “Hrad Karlštejn”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌻𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Κάρλστεϊν”
  • Hebrew: “קרלשטיין”
  • Hungarian: “Karlštejn vára”
  • Italian: “castello di Karlštejn”
  • Italian: “Castello di Karlštejn”
  • Japanese: “カルルシュテイン城”
  • Latin: “Arx Carlsteinensis”
  • Latvian: “Karlštejnas pils”
  • Lithuanian: “Karlšteinas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Buerg Karlštejn”
  • Macedonian: “Карлштејн”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Karlštejn”
  • Persian: “قلعه کارلشتین”
  • Polish: “Karlštejn”
  • Polish: “Karlsztejn”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Karlstein”
  • Pushto: “د کارلشتین کلا”
  • Pushto: “کارلشتین کلا”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Karlštejn”
  • Russian: “Карлштейн”
  • Serbian: “Замак Карлштејн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Karlštejn”
  • Slovak: “Karlštejn”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Karlštejn”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Karlštejn”
  • Swedish: “Karlstein”
  • Turkish: “Hrad Karlštejn”
  • Turkish: “Karlštejn Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Карлштейн”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ کارلشٹین”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Karlštejn”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡爾斯坦城堡”

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