Kaltenburg Castle
Kaltenburg Castle is a ruined castle, located in the Lonetal between the cities of Giengen and Niederstotzingen in the district of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.Photo: Dark Avenger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Kaltenburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charlotte Cave and Hürbe-Ursprung.
Charlotte Cave
Cave
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charlotte Cave is a dripstone cave near Hürben, a district of Giengen, in the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg. The cave is 587 meters long with side passages, lies 487.5 meters above sea level and is probably two and a half to three million years old. Charlotte Cave is situated 360 metres northwest of Kaltenburg Castle.
Hürbe-Ursprung
Spring
Photo: Freak-Line-Community, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hürbe-Ursprung is a spring, which is situated 1½ km north of Kaltenburg Castle.
Vogelherd Cave
Cave
Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Vogelherd Cave is located in the eastern Swabian Jura, south-western Germany. This limestone karst cave came to scientific and public attention after the 1931 discovery of the Upper Palaeolithic Vogelherd figurines, attributed to paleo-humans of the Aurignacian culture. Vogelherd Cave is situated 3 km southwest of Kaltenburg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eselsburg Castle and Hermaringen.
Eselsburg Castle
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eselsburg Castle is a levelled castle located above the town of Herbrechtingen in the Heidenheim district of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Eselsburg Castle is situated 3 km northwest of Kaltenburg Castle.
Hermaringen
Village
Photo: Landwirt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hermaringen is a municipality in the district of Heidenheim in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Hermaringen is known as the birthplace of Georg Elser, who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 8 November 1939. Hermaringen is situated 4 km northeast of Kaltenburg Castle.
Giengen
Town
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Giengen is a former Free Imperial City in eastern Baden-Württemberg near the border with Bavaria in southern Germany. The town is located in the district of Heidenheim at the eastern edge of the Swabian Alb, about 30 kilometers northeast of Ulm on the Brenz River. Giengen is situated 5 km northeast of Kaltenburg Castle.
Kaltenburg Castle
- Categories: castle, building, and historic site
- Location: Niederstotzingen, Heidenheim, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.58144° or 48° 34′ 53″ northLongitude
10.21169° or 10° 12′ 42″ eastOpen location code
8FWGH6J6+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 122555148OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1012602
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Kaltenburg Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kaltenburg Castle”
- German: “Burg Kaltenburg”
- Spanish: “Kaltenburg Castle”
- Turkish: “Kaltenburg Kalesi”
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