Sooneck Castle
Sooneck Castle is a castle in the upper middle valley of the Rhine, in the Mainz-Bingen district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located near the village of Niederheimbach between Bingen and Bacharach.- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Germany
- Also known as: “Schloss Sonneck” and “Sooneck”
- Address: Niederheimbach, 55413
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Siebenburgenblick Observation Tower and Lorcher Werth.
Siebenburgenblick Observation Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Siebenburgenblick Observation Tower is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 310 metres southwest of Sooneck Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trechtingshausen and Oberheimbach.
Oberheimbach
Village
Oberheimbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality… Oberheimbach is situated 3 km west of Sooneck Castle.
Sooneck Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Niederheimbach, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.01943° or 50° 1′ 10″ north
Longitude
7.82493° or 7° 49′ 30″ east
Elevation
203 metres (666 feet)
Open location code
9F292R9F+QX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Sooneck Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sooneck gaztelua”
- Dutch: “Burcht Sooneck”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Sooneck”
- French: “château Sooneck”
- French: “Château Sooneck”
- German: “Burg Sooneck”
- Polish: “Zamek Sooneck”
- Russian: “Замок Зоонек”
- Turkish: “Sooneck Kalesi”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Steinberg and Gerhardshof.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Heinrich Heine Stein and Tofufarm.
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