Alt-Scharfeneck Castle
Alt-Scharfeneck Castle is a castle ruin on the outskirts of the Palatinate Forest near Leinsweiler in the district Südliche Weinstrasse in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The remnants of this castle are located on a height of 363 meters.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Burgstall Alt-Scharfeneck”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Löwensteiner Schloss and Teufelsberg.
Löwensteiner Schloss
Historic building
Photo: Joachim Specht, CC0.
Löwensteiner Schloss is a historic building, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Alt-Scharfeneck Castle.
Teufelsberg
Peak
Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.
The Teufelsberg is a hill massif, 598 metres high, in the southern Palatinate Forest on the territory of Burrweiler in the county of Südliche Weinstraße.
Trifelsblick-Hütte
Restaurant
Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.
Trifelsblick-Hütte is a restaurant, which is situated 1¼ km north of Alt-Scharfeneck Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gleisweiler and Burrweiler.
Gleisweiler
Village
Photo: Randy43, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.
Gleisweiler is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Burrweiler
Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Burrweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Albersweiler
Village
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Albersweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Annweiler am Trifels.
Alt-Scharfeneck Castle
- Categories: castle and historic site
- Location: Frankweiler, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.23531° or 49° 14′ 7″ northLongitude
8.05209° or 8° 3′ 8″ eastOpen location code
8FXC63P2+4ROpenStreetMap ID
node 8900276292OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q1010729
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Alt-Scharfeneck Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alt-Scharfeneck Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Alt-Scharfeneck”
- German: “Alt-Scharfeneck”
- German: “Burg Alt-Scharfeneck”
- German: “Burg Altscharfeneck”
- Turkish: “Alt-Scharfeneck Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Weingut Lidy and Wasserwerk Frankweiler.
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