Spangenberg Castle
Spangenberg Castle is a schloss above the small German town of Spangenberg in the North Hesse county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis. The originally Gothic building was first a medieval fortified castle, then a fortress, hunting lodge, prison, forestry school and is now a hotel and restaurant.Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quillerkopf and Eppenberg Charterhouse.
Eppenberg Charterhouse
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eppenberg Charterhouse was a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, now a ruin, situated on the Eppenberg next to the Heiligenberg in Gensungen, now part of Felsberg in Hesse, Germany. Eppenberg Charterhouse is situated 1½ km southwest of Spangenberg Castle.
Heiligenburg Castle
Castle
Photo: Tecty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heiligenburg Castle is a castle on the hill of Heiligenberg in the district of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. Heilgenberg is a 393 m high hill close to the town of Felsberg-Gensungen in North Hesse. Heiligenburg Castle is situated 3 km southwest of Spangenberg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brechelsdorf.
Brechelsdorf
Locality
Brechelsdorf was a village that was abandoned around the 14th to 15th century AD. There are no visible remains today. It was situated within the perimeter of the village of Altenbrunslar, which part of the town of Felsberg, in the district of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis in North Hesse, Germany.
Spangenberg Castle
- Type: Sign
- Description: former castle and 2nd World War POW camp, in the state of Hesse
- Categories: château, information, and tourism
- Location: Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.15568° or 51° 9′ 20″ northLongitude
9.48072° or 9° 28′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F3F5F4J+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 13688783719OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=informationWikidata ID
Q2097509
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Ukrainian—“Spangenberg Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Zámek Spangenberg”
- Danish: “Spangenberg Slot”
- Dutch: “Schloss Spangenberg”
- German: “Schloss Spangenberg”
- Russian: “Замок Шпангенберг”
- Russian: “Шпангенберг (замок)”
- Russian: “Шпангенберг”
- Ukrainian: “Шпанґенберзький замок”
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