Lower Bavaria
Kreisfreie Stadt Landshut
Landshut

Trausnitz Castle

Trausnitz Castle is a medieval castle situated in , in Germany. It was the home of the Wittelsbach dynasty, and it served as their ducal residence for from 1255–1503, and later as the seat of the hereditary rulers of the whole of Bavaria.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Germany
  • Address: 168, Burg Trausnitz, Landshut, 84036
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chamber of Art and Curiosities and St. Martin’s Church.

Museum
Photo: Stefan Karl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Church
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The Church of St. Martin is a medieval church in , . St. Martin's Church, along with Trausnitz Castle and the celebration of the Landshuter Hochzeit, are the most important landmarks and historical events of Landshut. is situated 330 metres north of Trausnitz Castle.

Museum
Photo: Rosa-Maria Rinkl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 270 metres northeast of Trausnitz Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Achdorf and Kumhausen.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Village
Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, Public domain.
is a municipality in the district of in in . is situated 2½ km south of Trausnitz Castle.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Trausnitz Castle.

Trausnitz Castle

Latitude
48.53145° or 48° 31′ 53″ north
Longitude
12.15284° or 12° 9′ 10″ east
Elevation
456 metres (1,496 feet)
Open location code
8FWJG5J3+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25206339
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
7506716
Wiki­data ID
Q512271
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Trausnitz Castle” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Замак Траусніц”
  • Bulgarian: “Траусниц”
  • Cebuano: “Trausnitz Castle”
  • Chinese: “特勞尼茨城堡”
  • Czech: “Hrad Trausnitz”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Trausnitz”
  • Finnish: “Trausnitzin linna”
  • French: “château de Trausnitz”
  • French: “Château de Trausnitz”
  • German: “Burg Trausnitz”
  • German: “Landshut, Burg Trausnitz”
  • Italian: “castello del Trausnitz”
  • Italian: “Castello del Trausnitz”
  • Italian: “Castello di Trausnitz”
  • Japanese: “トラウスニッツ城”
  • Portuguese: “Burg Trausnitz”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Trausnitz”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Trausnitz”
  • Russian: “Замок Траусниц”
  • Russian: “Крепость Траусниц”
  • Slovenian: “grad Trausnitz”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Trausnitz”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Trausnitz”
  • Swedish: “Trausnitz”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця Траузніц”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Trausnitz Castle”. Photo: Bertl 85, CC BY 3.0.