Burgruine Finkenstein
Finkenstein Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the market town of Finkenstein, in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is situated on a steep cliff at the southern foot of the Karawanks mountain range, high above Lake Faak, at a height of 788 metres.Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle ruin
- Address: Finkenstein, 9582
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Filialkirche hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Pogöriach and Maloško Poldne.
Filialkirche hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Pogöriach
Church
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Filialkirche hl. Dreifaltigkeit, Pogöriach is a church, which is situated 1 km northeast of Burgruine Finkenstein.
Maloško Poldne
Peak
Maloško Poldne is a peak in the Western Karawanks, on the border between Slovenia and Austria. Maloško Poldne is situated 3 km southwest of Burgruine Finkenstein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faak am See and Gödersdorf.
Gödersdorf
Village
Photo: Johann Jaritz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gödersdorf is a village, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Burgruine Finkenstein.
Egg am Faaker See
Village
Photo: Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Egg am Faaker See is a village, which is situated 5 km northeast of Burgruine Finkenstein.
Burgruine Finkenstein
- Categories: castle ruin, ruins, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Finkenstein am Faaker See, Villach-Land District, Carinthia, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.54641° or 46° 32′ 47″ northLongitude
13.90325° or 13° 54′ 12″ eastElevation
815 metres (2,674 feet)Inception
1142Open location code
8FRMGWW3+H7OpenStreetMap ID
way 127108536OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11748145Wikidata ID
Q1015289
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Uzbek—“Burgruine Finkenstein” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Burgruine Finkenstein”
- French: “Burgruine Finkenstein”
- German: “Burg Alt-Finkenstein”
- German: “Burg Alt”
- German: “Burg Finkenstein”
- German: “Burgruine Altfinkenstein”
- German: “Burgruine Finkenstein”
- Spanish: “Burgruine Finkenstein”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Finkenstein”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Фінкенштайн”
- Uzbek: “Finkenshteyn qal’asi”
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