Are there any analogs of the Malbork castle in Poland or Germany?
Some time ago I was in Malbork castle and was amazed by its size and beauty.
I want to know - are there some castles similar to the Malbork's, may be not so famous.
I'm interested in castles in Poland or Germany (may be Czech Republic).
Main measure to the castle is size, in my opinion (the bigger the castle is, the older it is).
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My suggestion is not in a country around the Baltic Sea, but near the Mediterranean Sea. It is even not a castle per se but a fortified city.
Anyway, it is big, old and very impressive. So let me introduce the Cité de Carcassonne.
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Malbork is the reportedly largest castle in the world, so searching for a larger one may be futile.
It stands at the confluence of two warring groups: the Germans, specifically the Teutonic Knights, and their opponents, the Baltic peoples.
I can't say much more about the German castles than has been said in another post. But I urge you to look at the other side, the Baltics.
Specifically, the Estonians were the Baltic people most successful in resisting the Teutonic Knights. Probably more so than the Lithuanians and Latvians. For this, and other reasons, the Estonians were better than most other Europeans at building castles. Their capital of Tallinn (formerly Reval) has the most castles per land area of any city in Europe. And some of them are older than Malbork.
Answer 3
Found an option in Frombork, castle where Copernicus worked.
Main building:
Copernicus tower:
In the castle is situated the Copernicus museum
Answer 4
You might be interested in Trak? pilis / Trakai island castle which is just a hour of driving away from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. It is, of course, not as magnificent as Malbork but definitely worth a visit. Trakai is also famous for an exotic ethnic minority (Tatars) living there for many centuries.
Answer 5
As you mentioned castles in the Czech Republic as well, I would suggest visiting Konopišt? Castle. It is not extremely big but it is extremely well preserved, and it is situated about 40 kilometres from Prague.
Alternatively, a more impressive castle (from the outside) because of its position and dimension is Karlštejn Castle (about 30 kilometres from the capital), which however was modified various times and has not preserved the original structure inside.
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