Virneburg Castle
Virneburg Castle is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level, around which the Nitzbach stream flows. It stands above the village of Virneburg in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Antonius (Niederwelschenbach) and St. Jost (Langenfeld).
St. Antonius (Niederwelschenbach)
Church
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY 3.0.
St. Antonius (Niederwelschenbach) is a church, which is situated 2 km north of Virneburg Castle.
St. Jost (Langenfeld)
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Jost (Langenfeld) is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Virneburg Castle.
Bendisberg mine
Museum
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Bendisberg mine is a museum, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Virneburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Welschenbach and Nachtsheim.
Welschenbach
Village
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY 3.0.
Welschenbach is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Nachtsheim
Village
Photo: Kleff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nachtsheim is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Nachtsheim is situated 3 km south of Virneburg Castle.
Acht
Village
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Acht is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It is situated on the eastern edge of the Eifel. Acht is part of Verbandsgemeinde of Vordereifel, whose head office is located in Mayen. Acht is situated 3 km north of Virneburg Castle.
Virneburg Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: historical Landmark in Germany
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Virneburg, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.34305° or 50° 20′ 35″ northLongitude
7.07896° or 7° 4′ 44″ eastPopulation
427Elevation
409 metres (1,342 feet)Open location code
9F2983VH+6HOpenStreetMap ID
node 304567896OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Serbian—“Virneburg Castle” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Фирнебург”
- Chinese: “菲尔内堡”
- Dutch: “Virneburg”
- Esperanto: “Virneburg”
- German: “Burgruine Virneburg”
- German: “Virneburg”
- Kazakh: “Фирнебург”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Virneburg”
- Russian: “Фирнебург”
- Serbian: “Фирнебург”
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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 “Virneburg Castle”. Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.