Rieneck Castle
Rieneck Castle is a hill castle located in the town of Rieneck, in Bavaria, southern Germany. It was built by Ludwig I, Count of Loon and Rieneck, around the year 1150.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Rieneck, Bavaria
- Also known as: “Burg Rieneck”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pfarrkirche and Bergkapelle.
Pfarrkirche
Church
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Pfarrkirche is a church, which is situated 230 metres southeast of Rieneck Castle.
Bergkapelle
Church
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Bergkapelle is a church, which is situated 600 metres southeast of Rieneck Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langenprozelten and Kloster Einsiedel.
Langenprozelten
Village
Langenprozelten is an outlying centre of Gemünden am Main in the Main-Spessart district, in Bavaria, Germany. It lies on the river Main, 40 km northwest of Würzburg. Langenprozelten is situated 4 km south of Rieneck Castle.
Kloster Einsiedel
Locality
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Kloster Einsiedel is a locality, which is situated 4½ km west of Rieneck Castle.
Gemünden am Main
Town
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Gemünden am Main is a town in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany and lies roughly 40 km down the Main from Würzburg. Gemünden has around 10,000 inhabitants. Gemünden am Main is situated 5 km southeast of Rieneck Castle.
Rieneck Castle
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Rieneck, Main-Spessart, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Turkish—“Rieneck Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “hrad Rieneck”
- German: “Burg Rieneck”
- Turkish: “Rieneck Kalesi”
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