Kirchberg
Kirchberg is a hill located near Bensheim in Hesse, Germany. It stands at an elevation of approximately 220.6 meters. The hill is renowned for its vineyards, particularly those producing Riesling wines, contributing to the region's reputation in viticulture.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auerbach Castle and Bensheim station.
Auerbach Castle
Photo: Daribbah76, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Auerbach Castle is one of several fortresses along the Bergstrasse in southern Hesse, Germany. The castle was originally built by King Charlemagne and rebuilt by Count Diether IV of the Katzenelnbogen dynasty in the second quarter of the 13th century.
Bensheim station
Railway station
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Bensheim station is in the town of Bensheim on the Main-Neckar Railway, connecting Frankfurt and Heidelberg, in the German state of Hesse. The station is also the beginning and end of the single-track non-electrified Worms–Bensheim line.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heppenheim and Lorsch.
Heppenheim
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heppenheim is a town in South Hesse, Germany along the Bergstraße, a mountain road running on the western edge of the Odenwald mountain range.
Lorsch
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hessen, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt. Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Einhausen
Village
Photo: Kuebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Einhausen is a municipality in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, some 15 km east of Worms.
Kirchberg
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 221 metres
- Description: mountain in Bergstraße, Hesse
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Bensheim, Bergstraße, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.6874° or 49° 41′ 15″ northLongitude
8.6265° or 8° 37′ 35″ eastElevation
221 metres (725 feet)Open location code
8FXCMJPG+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 313509578OpenStreetMap feature
natural=hillWikidata ID
Q1742451
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Ladin—“Kirchberg” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كيرتشبيرج”
- German: “Kirchberg (Bensheim)”
- German: “Kirchberg”
- German: “Kirchberghäuschen”
- Ladin: “Kirchberg”
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