Grenzau Castle
Grenzau Castle is a ruined spur castle at 250 m above sea level near Höhr-Grenzhausen in the county of Westerwaldkreis in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the only castle in Germany with a triangular bergfried.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Historiograf, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Keramikmuseum Westerwald and Jewish cemetery, Grenzhausen.
Keramikmuseum Westerwald
Museum
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Keramikmuseum Westerwald is situated 1 km south of Grenzau Castle.
Jewish cemetery, Grenzhausen
Cemetery
Photo: Aislewolf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish cemetery, Grenzhausen is situated 530 metres southwest of Grenzau Castle.
Castellum of Ferbach
Archaeological site
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castellum of Ferbach is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km south of Grenzau Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alsbach and Höhr-Grenzhausen.
Alsbach
Village
Alsbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Höhr-Grenzhausen
Town
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Höhr-Grenzhausen is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a centre for the ceramic industry in the Kannenbäckerland with a professional college for ceramics, another for ceramic form, and many others, hence the nickname Kannenbäckerstadt.
Kammerforst
Village
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kammerforst in the Kannenbäckerland is an Ortsgemeinde – a community belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde – in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Grenzau Castle
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle
- Categories: castle, cultural heritage monument in Germany, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Höhr-Grenzhausen, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.45018° or 50° 27′ 1″ northLongitude
7.65606° or 7° 39′ 22″ eastElevation
265 metres (869 feet)Open location code
9F29FM24+3COpenStreetMap ID
way 1276742323OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
10302037Wikidata ID
Q1012041
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Grenzau Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grenzau Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Grenzau”
- German: “Burg Grenzau”
- German: “Burg Großfreuden”
- German: “Gransioie”
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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 “Grenzau Castle”. Photo: Historiograf, CC BY 2.0.