Erfenstein
Erfenstein is a village in Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Erfenstein is situated nearby to the hamlet Iptestal, as well as near the locality Otterfelsen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Erfenstein Hof” and “Erfensteinerhof”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Erfenstein Castle and Spangenberg Castle.
Erfenstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.
Erfenstein Castle is a medieval spur castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein Valley at 265 m above sea level in the vicinity of the hamlet of Erfenstein in the municipality of Esthal.
Spangenberg Castle
Castle
Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf.
Breitenstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany. The castles is 4 kilometres east of the village of Elmstein in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helmbach and Frankeneck.
Helmbach
Village
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Helmbach is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Erfenstein.
Frankeneck
Village
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Frankeneck is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Frankeneck is situated 3½ km northeast of Erfenstein.
Lambrecht
Village
Lambrecht is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany lying roughly 6 km northwest of Neustadt an der Weinstraße. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde. Lambrecht is situated 4 km northeast of Erfenstein.
Erfenstein
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.35352° or 49° 21′ 13″ northLongitude
8.01724° or 8° 1′ 2″ eastElevation
199 metres (653 feet)United Nations Location Code
DE EFNOpen location code
8FXC9238+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1649117891OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2929677Wikidata ID
Q1350097
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Erfenstein” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Erfenstein”
- German: “Erfenstein”
- Irish: “Erfenstein”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Schloss Schenke and Erfenstein.
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