Brandenbourg Castle
Brandenbourg Castle, now a ruin, is located on a promontory some 70 metres above the village of Brandenbourg in north-eastern Luxembourg. It has a history going back to the 9th and 10th centuries when there was a wooden fort on the site.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: Ruins in Luxembourg
- Also known as: “Ruines du chateau de Brandenbourg.” and “Ruines du château de Brandenbourg.”
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul and Chapelle Notre-Dame.
Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul
Church
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Église Saints-Pierre-et-Paul is a church, which is situated 180 metres southwest of Brandenbourg Castle.
Chapelle Notre-Dame
Church
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Chapelle Notre-Dame is a church, which is situated 270 metres southeast of Brandenbourg Castle.
Église de l’Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix
Church
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Église de l’Exaltation-de-la-Sainte-Croix is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Brandenbourg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brandenbourg and Fréngerhaff.
Brandenbourg
Village
Photo: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brandenbourg is a village in the commune of Tandel, in north-eastern Luxembourg. It lies in the valley of the Blees river, and is the site of the 10th century Brandenbourg Castle.
Landscheid
Village
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Landscheid is a village in northeastern Luxembourg. It is situated in the commune of Tandel and has a population of 105 as of 2025.
Brandenbourg Castle
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tandel, Vianden, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
49.91288° or 49° 54′ 46″ northLongitude
6.13765° or 6° 8′ 16″ eastElevation
368 metres (1,207 feet)Open location code
8FX8W47Q+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 410917158OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Brandenbourg Castle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brandenburgoko gaztelua”
- Catalan: “castell de Brandenburg”
- Catalan: “Castell de Brandenburg”
- French: “Chatêau de Brandenbourg”
- French: “château de Brandenbourg”
- German: “Brandenburg”
- German: “Braneburg”
- German: “Burg Brandenbourg”
- Luxembourgish: “Branebuerger Buerg”
- Luxembourgish: “Buerg Branebuerg”
- Russian: “Бранденбург”
- Russian: “Бранденбургский замок”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Brandenburgo”
- Turkish: “Brandenbourg Kalesi”
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