Rhineland-Palatinate
Westerwaldkreis
Westerburg

Schloss Westerburg

Schloss Westerburg, first recorded in 1192, but probably built earlier, is situated in the town of in the forested hills of the 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.

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

School
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is a school, which is situated 510 metres south of Schloss Westerburg.

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

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gershasen and Wengenroth.

Village
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is an Ortsgemeinde belonging to the city of , Germany.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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is a municipality in district, , in western . People named "Hergenröther" may well have come from this town.

Schloss Westerburg

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.

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Highlights include Schloßkirche and BorgersBallett.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Schloss Westerburg”. Photo: SBT, CC BY-SA 4.0.