Wachtenburg
Wachtenburg is a castle in Wachenheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate which is located on Schloßgasse. Wachtenburg is situated nearby to Saint George’s Church, as well as near the winery Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle ruin
- Also known as: “Wachenheim Castle”
- Address: Schloßgasse 100, Wachenheim an der Weinstraße, 67157
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf and Saint George’s Church.
Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf
Winery
Photo: Kallistratos, Public domain.
Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wolf is a winery, which is situated 680 metres northeast of Wachtenburg.
Saint George’s Church
Church
Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint George’s Church is situated 670 metres east of Wachtenburg.
Haardtrand - Am Bechsteinkopf
Nature reserve
Photo: Aquatoney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haardtrand - Am Bechsteinkopf is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forst an der Weinstraße and Bad Dürkheim.
Forst an der Weinstraße
Village
Photo: Kallistratos, Public domain.
Forst an der Weinstraße is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Bad Dürkheim
Photo: Altera levatur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bad Dürkheim is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration in the Palatinate. Bad Dürkheim lies at the edge of the Palatinate Forest on the German Wine Route.
Deidesheim
Village
Photo: Jacquesverlaeken, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deidesheim is a town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with some 3,700 inhabitants. The town lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration and since 1973 it has been the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Deidesheim. Deidesheim is situated 3½ km south of Wachtenburg.
Wachtenburg
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Wachenheim, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.43636° or 49° 26′ 11″ northLongitude
8.1726° or 8° 10′ 21″ eastElevation
155 metres (509 feet)Open location code
8FXCC5PF+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 50308814OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
12519758Wikidata ID
Q1550198
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Wachtenburg” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Wachtenburg”
- Esperanto: “Wachtenburg”
- German: “Burg Wachenheim”
- German: “Wachtenburg”
- Russian: “Вахтенбург”
- Russian: “Замок Вахтенбург”
- “Wachtenburg”
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