Auersburg Castle
Auersburg Castle is a ruined hill castle in parish of Hilders in the county of Fulda in Hesse, Germany. The site is used today as a shelter and viewing platform.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: ruined hill castle in Hilders, Hesse, Germany
- Also known as: “Auersburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auersberg and St. Bartholomäus.
Auersberg
Peak
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Auersberg is a mountain, 756.9 m above sea level, in the Rhön, that rises immediately north of Hilders. East of the wooded peak lies Simmershausen, a village in the municipality of Hilders, and to the north is Lahrbach, in the municipality of Tann.
St. Bartholomäus
Church
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St. Bartholomäus is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Auersburg Castle.
Buchschirm
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buchschirm is a mountain of Hesse, Germany. Buchschirm is situated 3 km southeast of Auersburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eckweisbach and Liebhards.
Eckweisbach
Village
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Eckweisbach is a village, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Auersburg Castle.
Liebhards
Village
Photo: Milseburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Liebhards is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Auersburg Castle.
Oberweid
Village
Oberweid is a municipality in the district Schmalkalden-Meiningen, in Thuringia, Germany. It is part of the Hohe Rhön administrative community, which has its administrative centre in the municipality of Kaltennordheim. Oberweid is situated 4½ km east of Auersburg Castle.
Auersburg Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hilders, Fulda, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.58882° or 50° 35′ 20″ northLongitude
9.99685° or 9° 59′ 49″ eastElevation
757 metres (2,484 feet)Open location code
9F2FHXQW+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 346899506OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Auersburg Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Auersburg”
- German: “Ruine Auersburg”
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