Worth Castle
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Attribution: By Roland zh - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7275323
Location
Neuhausen am Rheinfall, canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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Built
13th century
Worth Castle is a water castle, located at the Rheinfall, built on a small island in the Rhein river. It stands opposite to the Laufen Castle, which is located in the canton of Zurich.
The Castle owes its name to the location on a small island, washed by the water of the Rheinfall, which used to be known as Werd, meaning literally a river island.
The Castle owes its name to the location on a small island, washed by the water of the Rheinfall, which used to be known as Werd, meaning literally a river island.
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