Castles of Manderscheid
Near the Eifel town of Manderscheid are the ruins of two castles, the castles of Manderschied, whose history and location reflect the mediaeval conflict of interest between the Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Luxembourg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Túrelio, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle ruin
- Also known as: “Manderscheid Upper Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oberburg and Maar Museum.
Maar Museum
Museum
Photo: Joho345, Public domain.
The Maar Museum in Manderscheid in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a museum whose focus is natural variety and international significance for science and the region of the volcanic maars that characterise parts of the Eifel mountains. Maar Museum is situated 750 metres west of Castles of Manderscheid.
Eckfelder Maar
Archaeological site
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eckfelder Maar is a former volcanic lake, that was formed during the Middle Eocene around 44.3 million years ago and is thus the oldest known maar. Eckfelder Maar is situated 2½ km north of Castles of Manderscheid.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pantenburg and Eckfeld.
Pantenburg
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pantenburg is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Eckfeld
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eckfeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Eckfeld is situated 3 km northeast of Castles of Manderscheid.
Laufeld
Village
Photo: Thomas Hummel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laufeld is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Laufeld is situated 3½ km southeast of Castles of Manderscheid.
Castles of Manderscheid
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.09416° or 50° 5′ 39″ northLongitude
6.81739° or 6° 49′ 3″ eastElevation
435 metres (1,427 feet)Open location code
9F283RV8+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 138708048OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12519122Wikidata ID
Q881754
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Castles of Manderscheid” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Graafschap Manderscheid”
- Dutch: “Graven van Manderscheid”
- Esperanto: “Burgoj de Manderscheid”
- German: “Manderscheider Burgen”
- German: “Oberburg Manderscheid”
- Japanese: “マンダーシャイト城”
- Russian: “Замки Мандершайда”
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