Schloss Westerburg

Schloss Westerburg, first recorded in 1192, but probably built earlier, is situated in the town of Westerburg in the forested hills of the Westerwald and is on the site of an older castle dating to the 12th century.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Westerburg station and Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium.

Westerburg station

Railway station

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Westerburg station is a junction station on the currently closed Herborn–Montabaur railway and the still operated Limburg–Altenkirchen railway. It is in Westerburg in Westerwaldkreis, in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Westerburg station is situated 1 km southwest of Schloss Westerburg.

Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium

School

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Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium is a school, which is situated 510 metres south of Schloss Westerburg.

Wiesensee

Grassland

The Wiesensee was an artificial lake, dammed up in 1971, in the Westerwald low mountain range. The lake covered about 80 hectares and lied in the area of Stahlhofen am Wiesensee's various centres on the lake's west shore, and Pottum on the north shore in the Westerwaldkreis. Wiesensee is situated 3½ km northeast of Schloss Westerburg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gershasen and Wengenroth.

Gershasen

Village

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Gershasen is an Ortsgemeinde belonging to the city of Westerburg, Germany.

Wengenroth

Village

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Wengenroth is a village.

Hergenroth

Village

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Hergenroth is a municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany. People named "Hergenröther" may well have come from this town.

Schloss Westerburg

Type: Castle
Also known as: “Schloss Westerburg (Westerwald)”
Categories: château, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Westerburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.56318° or 50° 33′ 47″ north

Longitude

7.97455° or 7° 58′ 28″ east

Open location code

9F29HX7F+7R

OpenStreetMap ID

way 133270717

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

Q2244100

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In Other Languages

From Danish to German—“Schloss Westerburg” goes by many names.

Danish: “Westerburg Slot”
Dutch: “Schloss Westerburg”
Esperanto: “Kastelo Westerburg”
German: “Schloss Westerburg (Westerwald)”
German: “Schloss Westerburg”

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