Schloss Schenke
Schloss Schenke is a ruins in Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate. Schloss Schenke is situated nearby to the square Erfensteiner Dorfplatz, 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. Erfenstein Castle is situated 210 metres west of Schloss Schenke.
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 270 metres south of Schloss Schenke.
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 Schloss Schenke.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erfenstein and Helmbach.
Helmbach
Village
Photo: AF666, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Helmbach is a village, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Schloss Schenke.
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 Schloss Schenke.
Schloss Schenke
- Type: Ruins
- Category: building
- Location: Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.35353° or 49° 21′ 13″ northLongitude
8.01674° or 8° 1′ 0″ eastOpen location code
8FXC9238+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 103208126OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruins
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