Rockenfeld
Rockenfeld is an abandoned village in the Feldkirchen district of Neuwied, Germany. The surnames Rockenfeller and Rockefeller are derived from Rockenfeld. It is said that the ancestors of the Rockefeller family came from there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: Abandoned village in Germany
- Also known as: “Wüstung Rockenfeld”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Am Forsthofweg and Jüdischer Friedhof (Rheinbrohl).
Am Forsthofweg
Archaeological site
The castellum or small fort nowadays called Am Forsthofweg was a Roman military camp of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes. It received UNESCO World Heritage status in 2005.
Jüdischer Friedhof (Rheinbrohl)
Cemetery
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jüdischer Friedhof (Rheinbrohl) is a cemetery, which is situated 3½ km west of Rockenfeld.
Jüdischer Friedhof
Cemetery
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jüdischer Friedhof is a cemetery, which is situated 4 km southwest of Rockenfeld.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Solscheid and Datzeroth.
Datzeroth
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Datzeroth is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Datzeroth is situated 2½ km east of Rockenfeld.
Niederbreitbach
Village
Photo: Update, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niederbreitbach is a municipality and officially recognised climatic health-resort in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to Verbandsgemeinde of Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach. Niederbreitbach is situated 3½ km northeast of Rockenfeld.
Rockenfeld
- Category: abandoned village
- Location: Neuwied, Neuwied, Middle Rhine Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.5001° or 50° 30′ 0″ northLongitude
7.39404° or 7° 23′ 39″ eastElevation
328 metres (1,076 feet)Open location code
9F29G92V+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 1140380198OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Rockenfeld” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Rockenfeld”
- French: “Rockenfeld”
- German: “Rockenfeld”
- Italian: “Rockenfeld”
- Slovenian: “Rockenfeld”
- Spanish: “Rockenfeld”
- Ukrainian: “Рокенфельд”
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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 “Rockenfeld”. Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.