Alt-Erfenstein
Alt-Erfenstein is in Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Alt-Erfenstein is situated nearby to Erfenstein Castle, as well as near the church Lourdesgrotte.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Erfenstein Castle and Spangenberg Castle.
Erfenstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.
Erfenstein Castle is a medieval spur castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein Valley at 265 m above sea level in the vicinity of the hamlet of Erfenstein in the municipality of Esthal.
Spangenberg Castle
Castle
Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf. Spangenberg Castle is situated 310 metres southeast of Alt-Erfenstein.
Breitenstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany. The castles is 4 kilometres east of the village of Elmstein in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Breitenstein Castle is situated 1½ km southwest of Alt-Erfenstein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erfenstein and Helmbach.
Frankeneck
Village
Photo: AF666, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frankeneck is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Frankeneck is situated 3½ km northeast of Alt-Erfenstein.
Alt-Erfenstein
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Category: tourism
- Location: Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.35317° or 49° 21′ 11″ northLongitude
8.01296° or 8° 0′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8FXC9237+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 389928779OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lourdesgrotte and Erfensteiner Dorfplatz.
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