Trifels Castle
Trifels Castle is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
February 1st—March 14th: Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
March 15th—October 31st: Tuesday—Sunday and public holidays 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
November: Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays 10:00 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: rock castle
- Also known as: “Ruine Trifels”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sonnenberg and Anebos Castle.
Anebos Castle
Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.
Anebos Castle is a ruin of a medieval castle in the Palatinate Forest south of Anweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The name of the castle is probably derived from the German word "Amboss". Anebos Castle is situated 480 metres southeast of Trifels Castle.
Scharfenberg Castle
Photo: R.Wallenstein, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Scharfenberg Castle, is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated above the small South Palatine town of Annweiler. Scharfenberg Castle is situated 1 km southeast of Trifels Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bindersbach and Queichhambach.
Queichhambach
Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Queichhambach is a village, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Trifels Castle.
Waldrohrbach
Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Waldrohrbach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Waldrohrbach is situated 3 km south of Trifels Castle.
Trifels Castle
- Categories: rock castle, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Annweiler am Trifels, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.19632° or 49° 11′ 47″ northLongitude
7.97843° or 7° 58′ 42″ eastElevation
462 metres (1,516 feet)Open location code
8FX95XWH+G9OpenStreetMap ID
way 314076805OpenStreetMap feature
building=noOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noGeoNames ID
2821147Wikidata ID
Q559202
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Russian—“Trifels Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Trifels”
- Dutch: “Rijksburcht Trifels”
- Esperanto: “Regna Burgo Trifels”
- French: “château de Trifels”
- French: “Château de Trifels”
- German: “Burg Trifels”
- German: “Reichsburg Trifels”
- German: “ReichsburgTrifels”
- German: “Trifels”
- Italian: “Rocca di Trifels”
- Japanese: “トリフェルス城”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trifels-festningen”
- Norwegian: “Trifels-festningen”
- Polish: “Trifels”
- Polish: “Zamek Trifels”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Trifels”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza Trifels”
- Russian: “Замок Трифельс”
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