Seldeneck Castle

Seldeneck Castle is a 13th-century castle ruin near the Seldeneck residential area in the district of Blumweiler, Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Type: Castle
Description: building in Creglingen, Stuttgart Government Region, Bade-Württemberg, Germany
Also known as: “Burg Blumweiler”, “Burg Burg Selneck”, and “Burg Seldeneck”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: St. Georg and Weißenmühle.

St. Georg

Church

Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Georg is a church, which is situated 550 metres northeast of Seldeneck Castle.

Weißenmühle

Watermill

Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Weißenmühle is a watermill, which is situated 1 km southeast of Seldeneck Castle.

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church

Church

St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church

Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0.

St. Peter and Paul is a Gothic church in the quarter of Detwang in the Bavarian tourist resort of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in the Tauber valley. The most important piece of artwork in the church is the crucifixion reredos by Tilman Riemenschneider. St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church is situated 3 km southeast of Seldeneck Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tauberscheckenbach and Detwang.

Tauberscheckenbach

Village

Tauberscheckenbach

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Tauberscheckenbach is a village, which is situated 3 km north of Seldeneck Castle.

Detwang

Village

Photo: Bubo bubo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Detwang is a village, which is situated 3 km southeast of Seldeneck Castle.

Burgstall

Hamlet

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Burgstall is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Seldeneck Castle.

Seldeneck Castle

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.41212° or 49° 24′ 44″ north

Longitude

10.14873° or 10° 8′ 55″ east

Open location code

8FXGC46X+RF

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

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

German: “Burg Seldeneck”
Turkish: “Seldeneck Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Malerwinkel and Weißenmühle.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Seldeneck and Bettwar.

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