Scharzfels Castle
Scharzfels Castle is the medieval ruin of a fortification located east of the village of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany.Photo: AxelHH, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Unicorn Cave and Steinkirche Scharzfeld.
Unicorn Cave
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Unicorn Cave is the largest show cave in the West Harz, about 1.5 kilometres northwest of Scharzfeld in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in central Germany. It is a karst cave developed in dolomite strata that is part of the Zechstein. Unicorn Cave is situated 740 metres northwest of Scharzfels Castle.
Steinkirche Scharzfeld
Photo: Ragnar1904, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Steinkirche Scharzfeld is situated 2 km west of Scharzfels Castle.
Bad Lauterberg im Harz Barbis railway stop
Railway stop
Photo: GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bad Lauterberg im Harz Barbis railway stop is situated 1¼ km south of Scharzfels Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barbis and Scharzfeld.
Scharzfeld
Village
Photo: Kassandro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scharzfeld is a village in the borough of Herzberg am Harz in the district of Göttingen in South Lower Saxony, Germany. Scharzfeld lies at a height of about 220 m above sea level and has 1,765 inhabitants.
Koenigshuette
Neighborhood
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Koenigshuette is a neighborhood, which is situated 3½ km east of Scharzfels Castle.
Scharzfels Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: rock castle
- Categories: rock castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Bad Lauterberg, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.62902° or 51° 37′ 45″ northLongitude
10.40898° or 10° 24′ 32″ eastOpen location code
9F3GJCH5+JHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1159488314OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1013860
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Scharzfels Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Scharzfels Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Scharzfels”
- German: “Burg Scharzfels”
- German: “Burgruine Scharzfels”
- German: “Ruine Scharzfels”
- Swedish: “Burg Scharzfels”
- “Burg Scharzfels”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brunnenhaus and Ruine Scharzfels.
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