Sporkenburg
The Sporkenburg is a late medieval castle ruin about one kilometre south of Eitelborn in the district of Westerwaldkreis in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.Photo: Rs-foto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle ruin
- Also known as: “Ruine Sporkenburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Emser Bergbaumuseum and Bismarck Tower.
Emser Bergbaumuseum
Museum
Photo: LoKiLeCh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emser Bergbaumuseum is situated 2 km south of Sporkenburg.
Bismarck Tower
Photo: Warburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bismarck Tower of Bad Ems on the Lahn in the Rhein-Lahn-Kreis of Rhineland-Palatinate was built in honour of the first German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck. Bismarck Tower is situated 3½ km south of Sporkenburg.
St. Martin
Church
Photo: Manfred Heyde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Martin is a church, which is situated 4 km south of Sporkenburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Arzbach and Kadenbach.
Arzbach
Village
Photo: Jacquesverlaeken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arzbach is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau.
Kadenbach
Village
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kadenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Kemmenau
Village
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kemmenau is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Lahn, in the Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. It belongs to the association community of Bad Ems-Nassau. Kemmenau is situated 2½ km southeast of Sporkenburg.
Sporkenburg
- Categories: castle ruin, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Eitelborn, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.36662° or 50° 21′ 60″ northLongitude
7.72848° or 7° 43′ 43″ eastElevation
249 metres (817 feet)Open location code
9F299P8H+J9OpenStreetMap ID
way 55910137OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
2830150Wikidata ID
Q1122018
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Sporkenburg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Sporkenburg”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Sporkenburg”
- German: “Sporkenburg”
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