Wolkenburg Castle
Wolkenburg Castle is a peak in Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia and has an elevation of 324 metres. Wolkenburg Castle is situated nearby to the locality Am Uthweilers Knipp, as well as near Am Burghof.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leit, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 324 metres
- Description: castle ruin in the Siebengebirge mountain range, Germany
- Also known as: “Wolkenburg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drachenfels and Schloss Drachenburg.
Drachenfels
Peak
Photo: Heuschrecke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Drachenfels is a hill in the Siebengebirge uplands between Königswinter and Bad Honnef in Germany. The hill was formed by rising magma that could not break through to the surface, and then cooled and became solid underneath.
Schloss Drachenburg
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schloss Drachenburg or Drachenburg Castle is a private villa styled as a palace and constructed in the late 19th century. It was completed in only two years on the Drachenfels hill in Königswinter, a German town on the east bank of the Rhine, south of the city of Bonn.
Petersberg
Peak
Photo: Sir James, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petersberg, formerly known as the Stromberg, is a mountain in the Siebengebirge mountain range near Bonn, Germany. It overlooks the cities of Königswinter, on the right bank of the Rhine river, and Bonn on the opposite side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bad Honnef and Bad Godesberg.
Bad Honnef
Bad Godesberg
Suburb
Photo: Dickbauch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bad Godesberg is a borough of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 to 1999, while Bonn was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, most foreign embassies were in Bad Godesberg.
Oberdollendorf
Suburb
Photo: Kleuske, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oberdollendorf is a municipal district of Königswinter, a city in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The vineyards which dominate the town are part of the Mittelrhein wine region.
Wolkenburg Castle
- Categories: castle, ruins, and landform
- Location: Königswinter, Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, Cologne District, Cologne Lowland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.6686° or 50° 40′ 7″ northLongitude
7.2139° or 7° 12′ 50″ eastElevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)Open location code
9F29M697+CHOpenStreetMap ID
node 259103395OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q1014654
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Wolkenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burg Wolkenburg”
- German: “Wolkenburg (Berg)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burg Wolkenburg”
- Russian: “замок Волькенбург”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Am Uthweilers Knipp and Am Burghof.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burghof and Drachenburgblick.
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