Schloss Weißenstein
Schloss Weißenstein is a Schloss or palatial residence in Pommersfelden, Bavaria, southern Germany. It was designed for Lothar Franz von Schönborn, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg and Archbishop of Mainz, to designs by Johann Dientzenhofer and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Pommersfelden, Bavaria; cultural heritage monument D-4-71-172-31 (0)
- Also known as: “monument D-4-71-172-31 (0)”, “Pommersfelden castle”, “Schloss Weissenstein”, and “Schloss Weissenstein der Grafen von Schönborn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Mary and John (Pommersfelden) and Steppach-Pommersfelden.
St. Mary and John (Pommersfelden)
Church
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Mary and John (Pommersfelden) is a church, which is situated 490 metres north of Schloss Weißenstein.
Steppach-Pommersfelden
Railway station
Photo: Kailas98, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Steppach-Pommersfelden is a railway station, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Schloss Weißenstein.
St. Peter and Paul (Limbach)
Church
Photo: Ermell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Peter and Paul (Limbach) is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Schloss Weißenstein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pommersfelden and Limbach.
Pommersfelden
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pommersfelden is a municipality in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg in Germany.
Schloss Weißenstein
- Categories: château, palace, museum, Ortsteil, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Pommersfelden, Bamberg, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.76303° or 49° 45′ 47″ northLongitude
10.82091° or 10° 49′ 15″ eastElevation
287 metres (942 feet)Open location code
8FXGQR7C+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 24787608OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Schloss Weißenstein” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell de Weissenstein”
- Catalan: “Castell de Weißenstein”
- Catalan: “Palau de Weissenstein”
- Catalan: “Palau de Weißenstein”
- Cebuano: “Schloß Weißenstein”
- Chinese: “魏森斯坦城堡”
- Czech: “Weißenstein”
- Danish: “Weißenstein Slot”
- Dutch: “Schloss Weissenstein der Grafen von Schönborn”
- Dutch: “Schloss Weißenstein”
- Finnish: “Weißensteinin linna”
- French: “château Weissenstein”
- French: “Château Weissenstein”
- French: “Schloss Weissenstein der Grafen von Schönborn”
- German: “Pommersfelden, Haus ‘Schloss’ Weißenstein”
- German: “Schloss Weissenstein der Grafen von Schönborn”
- German: “Schloss Weißenstein”
- Indonesian: “Schloss Weißenstein”
- Italian: “Castello di Weissenstein”
- Italian: “Castello di Weißenstein”
- Japanese: “ヴァイセンシュタイン城”
- Polish: “Pałac Weißenstein w Pommersfelden”
- Portuguese: “Palácio de Weissenstein”
- Romanian: “Palatul Weißenstein”
- Slovenian: “Dvorec Weißenstein”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Weissenstein”
- Spanish: “Palacio de Weißenstein”
- Swedish: “Slottet Weissenstein”
- Swedish: “Weissenstein”
- Turkish: “Weißenstein Şatosu”
- Ukrainian: “Палац Вайсенштайн”
- Western Panjabi: “وائیزنشٹائین محل”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Schloss Weißenstein”. Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.