Burghausen
Burghausen is a town in Upper Bavaria. The longest castle complex in the world watches over a hill above the excellently preserved old town: six castle courtyards strung together make up a length of over one kilometre.Places of Interest
Highlights include Burghausen Castle and Wöhrsee.
Burghausen Castle
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burghausen Castle in Burghausen, Upper Bavaria, is the longest castle complex in the world, confirmed by the Guinness World Record company, and the third largest. The castle is therefore also among the largest palaces in the world.
Wacker-Arena
Stadium
Photo: TWsk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wacker-Arena is a multi-use stadium in Burghausen, Germany. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of SV Wacker Burghausen. Opened in 2001, the stadium is able to hold 10,000 people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hohenwart.
Hohenwart
Hamlet
Photo: Ammerseer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hohenwart is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Burghausen.
Burghausen
- Type: Locality with 19,600 residents
- Also known as: “09171112” and “Stadt Burghausen”
- Location: Altötting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.158° or 48° 9′ 29″ northLongitude
12.8137° or 12° 48′ 49″ eastPopulation
19,600Elevation
430 metres (1,411 feet)Open location code
8FWJ5R57+6FGeoNames ID
6558203
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Burghausen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورغهاوزن”
- Armenian: “Բուրգհաուզեն”
- Bavarian: “Burghausn”
- Bulgarian: “Бургхаузен”
- Chinese: “布尔格豪森”
- Japanese: “ブルクハウゼン”
- Kazakh: “Бургхаузен”
- Persian: “بورگهاوزن، التوتیگ”
- Russian: “Бургхаузен”
- Serbian: “Бургхаузен”
- Ukrainian: “Бурггаузен”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hecken-Berg and Burghausen.
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