Blankenstein Castle
Blankenstein Castle is a castle located on the south side of the river Ruhr in Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. May 12, 1226 Adolf I, Count of the Mark, gave the order to build the castle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Railway stop
- Description: castle ruin in Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Also known as: “Blankenstein Burg” and “Burg Blankenstein”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stadtmuseum Hattingen and Evangelische Kirche Blankenstein.
Stadtmuseum Hattingen
Museum
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Stadtmuseum Hattingen is situated 310 metres southwest of Blankenstein Castle.
Evangelische Kirche Blankenstein
Church
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evangelische Kirche Blankenstein is a church, which is situated 270 metres south of Blankenstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stiepel and Hammertal.
Stiepel
Suburb
Stiepel is a southern district of the City of Bochum in the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the Ruhr River, which is its border to the neighbouring cities of Hattingen and Witten.
Hammertal
Hamlet
Photo: Markus Schweiß, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hammertal is a valley between Witten, Sprockhövel and Hattingen-Blankenstein. It gets drained from Pleßbach northwards into the Ruhr. The valley got its name in the 19th century by the forging hammers, which got actuated by danaides. Hammertal is situated 2½ km southeast of Blankenstein Castle.
Sundern
Neighborhood
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Sundern is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km northwest of Blankenstein Castle.
Blankenstein Castle
- Categories: castle and transportation
- Location: Hattingen, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, Arnsberg, Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.40896° or 51° 24′ 32″ northLongitude
7.2302° or 7° 13′ 49″ eastElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Operator
TouristikEisenbahnRuhrgebiet GmbHOpen location code
9F39C65J+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 5506351793OpenStreetMap feature
railway=haltOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Blankenstein Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Blankenstein-Burg”
- German: “Burg Blankenstein”
- German: “Haltepunkt Blankenstein-Burg”
- Japanese: “ブランケンシュタイン城”
- Russian: “Burg Blankenstein”
- Russian: “Бург Бланкенштайн”
- Russian: “Замок Бланкенштайн”
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