Rhineland-Palatinate
Südwestpfalz
Schönau (Pfalz)

Schönau

Schönau is a village in the district, in , western 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.
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  • 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.

Nature reserve
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is a nature reserve.

Castle
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The is a ruined castle in the commune of , in the département of . It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. is situated 2½ km east of Schönau.

Castle
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The is a ruined castle near Schönau in the in , , near the border with . Its location is at a height of 572m, making it the highest ruined castle in the . is situated 3 km east of Schönau.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hirschthal and Château de Frœnsbourg.

Village
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is a municipality in district, in , western .

Locality
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The is a ruined castle north west of the town of , within the département. It has been listed since 1898 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. is situated 2½ km south of Schönau.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3 km west of Schönau.

Schönau

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
node 240063010
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2837068
Wiki­data ID
Q373283
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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)”
  • 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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