Schönau
Schönau is a village in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany on the French border. It has a population of roughly 400. A former monastic yard grew into the village near the end of the Middle Ages, due to the establishment of an iron ore smelting plant by the Dukes of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken.- Type: Village with 385 residents
- Description: municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Also known as: “Schoenau” and “Schönau, Rhineland-Palatinate”
- Postal code: 66996
Places of Interest
Highlights include Königsbruch and Château de Hohenbourg.
Château de Hohenbourg
Castle
The Château de Hohenbourg is a ruined castle in the commune of Wingen, in the Bas-Rhin département of France. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Château de Hohenbourg is situated 2½ km east of Schönau.
Wegelnburg
Castle
The Wegelnburg is a ruined castle near Schönau in the Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. Its location is at a height of 572m, making it the highest ruined castle in the Palatinate Forest. Wegelnburg is situated 3 km east of Schönau.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hirschthal and Château de Frœnsbourg.
Hirschthal
Village
Hirschthal is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Château de Frœnsbourg
Locality
The Château de Frœnsbourg is a ruined French castle north west of the town of Lembach, within the Bas-Rhin département. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. Château de Frœnsbourg is situated 2½ km south of Schönau.
Schönau
- Categories: human settlement, municipality without town privileges in Germany, and locality
- Location: Schönau (Pfalz), Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.06041° or 49° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
7.74769° or 7° 44′ 52″ east
Population
385
Elevation
218 metres (715 feet)
Open location code
8FX93P6X+53
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Schönau” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Schönau”
- Aragonese: “Schönau”
- Arpitan: “Schönau”
- Asturian: “Schönau”
- Basque: “Schönau”
- Bavarian: “Schönau (Pfalz)”
- Breton: “Schönau”
- Catalan: “Schönau”
- Cebuano: “Schönau”
- Chechen: “Шоьнау”
- Chinese: “Schönau”
- Chinese: “普法尔茨地区舍瑙”
- Chinese: “舍瑙”
- Corsican: “Schönau”
- Croatian: “Schönau”
- Czech: “Schönau”
- Danish: “Schönau”
- Dutch: “Schönau/Pfalz”
- Dutch: “Schönau”
- Esperanto: “Schönau”
- Estonian: “Schönau”
- Finnish: “Schönau”
- French: “Schönau”
- Friulian: “Schönau”
- Galician: “Schönau”
- German: “Schönau”
- Hungarian: “Schönau”
- Icelandic: “Schönau”
- Ido: “Schönau”
- Indonesian: “Schönau”
- Interlingua: “Schönau”
- Interlingue: “Schönau”
- Irish: “Schönau”
- Italian: “Schönau”
- Japanese: “シェーナウ (ラインラント=プファルツ)”
- Kara-Kalpak: “Schönau”
- Kongo: “Schönau”
- Ladin: “Schönau (Pfalz)”
- Ligurian: “Schönau”
- Limburgan: “Schönau”
- Low German: “Schönau”
- Luxembourgish: “Schönau”
- Malagasy: “Schönau”
- Malay: “Schönau, Rhineland-Palatinate”
- Malay: “Schönau”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Schönau (Rheinland-Pfalz)”
- Minangkabau: “Schönau”
- Narom: “Schönau”
- Neapolitan: “Schönau”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Schönau”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Schönau”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Schönau”
- Persian: “شوناو (راینلاند-فالتس)”
- Persian: “شوناو”
- Picard: “Schönau”
- Piemontese: “Schönau”
- Polish: “Schönau”
- Portuguese: “Schönau”
- Romanian: “Schönau”
- Romansh: “Schönau”
- Russian: “Шёнау”
- Sardinian: “Schönau”
- Scots: “Schönau”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Schönau”
- Serbian: “Schönau”
- Serbian: “Шенау”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Schönau”
- Sicilian: “Schönau”
- Slovak: “Schönau”
- Slovenian: “Schönau”
- Spanish: “Schönau”
- Swahili: “Schönau”
- Swedish: “Schönau”
- Swiss German: “Schönau”
- Tatar: “Шёнау”
- Ukrainian: “Шенау”
- Uzbek: “Schönau”
- Venetian: “Schönau”
- Vietnamese: “Schönau, Südwestpfalz”
- Vietnamese: “Schönau”
- Vlaams: “Schönau”
- Volapük: “Schönau”
- Walloon: “Schönau”
- Waray (Philippines): “Schönau, Rhineland-Palatinate”
- Waray (Philippines): “Schönau”
- Welsh: “Schönau”
- Wolof: “Schönau”
- Zulu: “Schönau”
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