Schadeck Castle

Schadeck Castle is a counter-castle which was built in opposition to the nearby Runkel Castle. It stands above the River Lahn in the eponymous parish in the county of Limburg-Weilburg in the German state of Hesse.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Runkel Castle and Lahn Bridge Runkel.

Runkel Castle

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Runkel Castle, a ruined hill castle from the High Middle Ages, is located in the city of Runkel in the Landkreis of Limburg-Weilburg in the state of Hesse. Runkel Castle is situated 290 metres south of Schadeck Castle.

Lahn Bridge Runkel

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Lahn Bridge Runkel is situated 320 metres southeast of Schadeck Castle.

Amtsapotheke Runkel

Pharmacy

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Amtsapotheke Runkel is a pharmacy, which is situated 310 metres southwest of Schadeck Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Limburg an der Lahn and Faulbach.

Limburg an der Lahn

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Limburg an der Lahn is in Hesse. The town is famous for its marvellous mediaeval town centre with its timber-framed houses and its Dom.

Faulbach

Village

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Faulbach is a village, which is situated 8 km northwest of Schadeck Castle.

Hadamar

Village

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Hadamar is a small town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Hadamar is known for its Clinic for Forensic Psychiatry/Centre for Social Psychiatry, lying at the edge of town, in whose outlying buildings is also found the Hadamar Memorial. Hadamar is situated 9 km northwest of Schadeck Castle.

Schadeck Castle

Type: Castle
Description: Castle in Hesse, Germany
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Runkel, Limburg-Weilburg, Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.40824° or 50° 24′ 30″ north

Longitude

8.15565° or 8° 9′ 20″ east

Open location code

9F2CC554+77

OpenStreetMap ID

node 288442140

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q1013835

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From German to Turkish—“Schadeck Castle” goes by many names.

German: “Burg Schadeck”
Turkish: “Schadeck Kalesi”

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Highlights include Spielplatz ‘Am Dallenberg’ and Dreispitz.

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