Hohenzollern Castle

Hohenzollern Castle is the ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The third of three hilltop castles built on the site, it is located atop , above and south of , on the edge of the of central , Germany.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancestral seat of the imperial House of Hohenzollern in the Swabian Alps of central Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  • Also known as: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hohenzollern and Water tower of Hohenzollern Castle.

Peak
is a mountain, 855 m, of , . It is located in . Castle is located on its top. The mountain is an outlier, about 1 km north of the .

Water tower
is situated 360 metres northwest of Hohenzollern Castle.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a mountain of , . It is located in , . is situated 1½ km southeast of Hohenzollern Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zimmern and Thanheim.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Hohenzollern Castle.

Town
is a town in central , Germany. It is situated about 60 kilometres south of the state capital of and 90 kilometres north of and the border. is situated 3 km north of Hohenzollern Castle.

Hohenzollern Castle

Latitude
48.32356° or 48° 19′ 25″ north
Longitude
8.96753° or 8° 58′ 3″ east
Elevation
843 metres (2,766 feet)
Inception
1867
Open location code
8FWC8XF9+C2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93612350
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
2901323
Wiki­data ID
Q156457
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hohenzollern Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قلعة الهوهنتسلرن
  • Arabic: قلعة هوهنتسولرن
  • Arabic: قلعة هوهنزولرن
  • Arabic: قلعة هوهنزوليرن
  • Armenian: Հոհենցոլեռն ամրոց
  • Basque: Hohenzollern gaztelua
  • Belarusian: Гагэнцолерн (замак)
  • Belarusian: Гагэнцолерн
  • Belarusian: замак Гагэнцолерн
  • Belarusian: Замак Гогенцолерн
  • Breton: Kastell Hohenzollern
  • Bulgarian: Замък Хоенцолерн
  • Bulgarian: Хоенцолерн
  • Catalan: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Catalan: Castell Hohenzollern
  • Cebuano: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Chinese: 霍亨佐倫堡
  • Chinese: 霍亨索伦城堡
  • Chinese: 霍亨索倫城堡
  • Croatian: Dvorac Hohenzollern
  • Czech: Hohenzollern
  • Danish: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Danish: Hohenzollern
  • Dutch: Burcht Hohenzollern
  • Dutch: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Egyptian Arabic: قلعة هوهنتسولرن
  • Estonian: Hohenzollerni kindlus
  • Finnish: Hohenzollernin linna
  • French: Burg Hohenzollern
  • French: Chateau de Hohenzollern
  • French: château de Hohenzollern
  • French: Château de Hohenzollern
  • Georgian: ჰოენცოლერნის ციხესიმაგრე
  • German: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Greek: κάστρο Χοεντσόλερν
  • Hebrew: טירת הוהנצולרן
  • Hungarian: Hohenzollern-kastély
  • Indonesian: Hohenzollern Castle
  • Italian: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Italian: Castello di Hohenzollern
  • Japanese: ホーエンツォレルン城
  • Latvian: Hoencollerna pils
  • Latvian: Hoencollernas pils
  • Lithuanian: Hohencolernų pilis
  • Macedonian: Хоенцолерн
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hohenzollern
  • Norwegian: Hohenzollern
  • Persian: قلعه هوهن‌تسولرن
  • Polish: Zamek Hohenzollern
  • Portuguese: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Portuguese: Castelo de Hohenzollern
  • Portuguese: Castelo Hohenzollern
  • Romanian: Castelul Hohenzollern
  • Russian: Гогенцоллерн
  • Russian: Замок Гогенцоллерн
  • Russian: Крепость Гогенцоллерн
  • Russian: Цоллерн
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dvorac Hohenzollern
  • Slovak: Hrad Hohenzollern
  • Slovenian: Grad Hohenzollern
  • Spanish: Castillo de Hohenzollern
  • Swedish: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Swiss German: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Thai: ปราสาทโฮเอินท์ซ็อลเลิร์น
  • Tosk Albanian: Burg Hohenzollern
  • Turkish: Hohenzollern Kalesi
  • Ukrainian: Замок Гогенцоллерн
  • Uzbek: Hohenzollern qal’asi
  • Vietnamese: Lâu đài Hohenzollern
  • Welsh: Castell Hohenzollern
  • Western Panjabi: قلعہ ہوہنزولرن

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