Sternschanze
Sternschanze is a historic site in Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse. Sternschanze is situated nearby to the peak Königstuhl, as well as near Frauenkreuz.Photo: Frank Winkelmann, CC BY 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gailscher Park and Evangelische Kirche.
Gailscher Park
Park
Photo: Anntheres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gailscher Park is situated 2½ km east of Sternschanze.
Evangelische Kirche
Church
Photo: Gerold Rosenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Evangelische Kirche is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Sternschanze.
Vetzberg
Peak
Photo: Cherubino, Public domain.
Vetzberg is a hill and extinct volcano of Hesse, Germany. Vetzberg is situated 3½ km east of Sternschanze.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wetzlarer Kreuz and Gießen.
Wetzlarer Kreuz
Locality
Photo: KlausFoehl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wetzlarer Kreuz is an Autobahn interchange in the city of Wetzlar in Hesse, Germany where the highways A45 and A480 meet. This junction is a stack interchange, which is the only fully built stack interchange in Germany. Wetzlarer Kreuz is situated 6 km west of Sternschanze.
Gießen
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gießen is a city in North Hesse. The city has about 88,000 inhabitants including 44,000 students, so its infrastructure, shopping and cultural offerings are pretty well adapted to students.
Wetzlar
Photo: Krusto, CC BY 2.0 de.
Wetzlar is a university city of 55,000 people in Hesse. Tourists know the city for its ancient town and its medieval Catholic/Protestant shared cathedral of St.
Sternschanze
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: architectural structure, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Lahnau, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.60991° or 50° 36′ 36″ northLongitude
8.57325° or 8° 34′ 24″ eastInception
1759Open location code
9F2CJH5F+X7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1545044138OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1479959
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In Other Languages
“Sternschanze” goes by many names.
- German: “Sternschanze”
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