Middle Franconia
Nürnberger Land
Schnaittach

Rothenberg Fortress

Rothenberg Fortress is a fortress on the eponymous hill, 588 m, near in the .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle ruin in the district of Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany
  • Also known as: “Festung Rothenberg” and “Rothenberg (Festung)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rathaus in Schnaittach and Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Kunigund in Schnaittach.

Town hall
Photo: Florian Hurlbrink, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town hall, which is situated 1½ km west of Rothenberg Fortress.

Church
Photo: DALIBRI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of Rothenberg Fortress.

Museum
Photo: Michaelplanegg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 1½ km west of Rothenberg Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Enzenreuth and Siegersdorf (Schnaittach).

Hamlet
Photo: Mikmaq, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet.

Village
Photo: Mikmaq, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Mikmaq, CC BY 3.0.
is a village.

Rothenberg Fortress

Latitude
49.55457° or 49° 33′ 17″ north
Longitude
11.36003° or 11° 21′ 36″ east
Elevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)
Open location code
8FXHH936+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 340010619
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12123326
Wiki­data ID
Q2168640
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rothenberg Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Aragonese: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Arpitan: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Asturian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Basque: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Bavarian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Breton: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Catalan: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Corsican: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Croatian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Czech: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Danish: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Danish: “Rothenberg fæstning”
  • Dutch: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Dutch: “Vesting Rothenberg”
  • Esperanto: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Estonian: “Rothenbergi kindlus”
  • Finnish: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Finnish: “Rothenbergin linnoitus”
  • French: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • French: “Forteresse de Rothenberg”
  • Friulian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Galician: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • German: “Burg in Schnaittach”
  • German: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • German: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • German: “Rothenberg”
  • Hungarian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Icelandic: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Ido: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Indonesian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Interlingua: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Interlingue: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Irish: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Italian: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Italian: “Fortezza di Rothenberg”
  • Kongo: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Ligurian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Limburgan: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Low German: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Malagasy: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Malay: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Minangkabau: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Narom: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Neapolitan: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rothenberg festning”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Picard: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Piemontese: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Polish: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Polish: “Twierdza Rothenberg”
  • Portuguese: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Romanian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Romansh: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Russian: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Russian: “Крепость Ротенберг”
  • Sardinian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Scots: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Serbian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Sicilian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Slovak: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Slovenian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza Rothenberg”
  • Swahili: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Swedish: “Festung Rothenberg”
  • Swedish: “Rothenbergs fästning”
  • Swiss German: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Venetian: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Vietnamese: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Vlaams: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Volapük: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Walloon: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Welsh: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Wolof: “Rothenberg (Festung)”
  • Zulu: “Rothenberg (Festung)”

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