Ehrenfels Castle
Ehrenfels Castle is a ruined hillside castle above the Rhine Gorge near the town of Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the steep eastern bank of the river amid extended vineyards. The grape variety Ehrenfelser is named after the castle.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Castle
- Description: ruined castle near Rüdesheim am Rhein in Hesse, Germany
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mouse Tower and Mäuseturminsel.
Mouse Tower
The Mouse Tower is a stone tower on a small island in the Rhine, outside Bingen am Rhein, Germany. Mouse Tower is situated 390 metres south of Ehrenfels Castle.Mäuseturminsel
Islet
Rossel
Scenic viewpoint
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bingerbrück and Bingen.
Bingerbrück
Suburb
Bingerbrück is a Stadtteil of Bingen am Rhein that is located on the opposite bank of the river Nahe from the old town of Bingen. It was self-administering until 1969.
Bingen
Bingen am Rhein is a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany at the junction of the Rhine and the Nahe, across the river from Rüdesheim. It came into being as a strategically important location for the Romans.Assmannshausen
Assmannshausen is a town of about 1000 people in the Rheingau in Hesse, Germany, at the southern end of the Rhine Valley. The village is incorporated into the town of Rüdesheim.Ehrenfels Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, hillside castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Rüdesheim, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.97552° or 49° 58′ 32″ north
Longitude
7.88007° or 7° 52′ 48″ east
Elevation
161 metres (528 feet)
Inception
~1211
Open location code
8FX9XVGJ+62
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
OpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Ehrenfels Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Burcht Ehrenfels”
- Dutch: “Burg Ehrenfels”
- French: “Burg Ehrenfels”
- French: “château d’Ehrenfels”
- French: “Château d’Ehrenfels”
- German: “Burg Ehrenfels”
- German: “Ehrenfels”
- Japanese: “エーレンフェルス城”
- Russian: “Эренфельс”
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