Hollenfels Castle
Hollenfels Castle, with a history dating back to the 11th century, is one of the castles located close to the River Eisch in the Valley of the Seven Castles in central Luxembourg.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marienthal monastery and Chapelle Notre-Dame Consolatrice des Affligés.
Marienthal monastery
Church
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marienthal monastery is a church, which is situated 740 metres east of Hollenfels Castle.
Chapelle Notre-Dame Consolatrice des Affligés
Church
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapelle Notre-Dame Consolatrice des Affligés is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Hollenfels Castle.
Chapelle Saint-Donat
Chapel
Photo: MMFE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Saint-Donat is situated 1½ km southeast of Hollenfels Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hollenfels and Marienthal.
Hollenfels
Village
Photo: Johnny Chicago, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hollenfels is a village in the commune of Helperknapp, in western Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village has a population of 541. Hollenfels is famous for the huge keep of its imposing medieval castle overlooking the valley below.
Marienthal
Hamlet
Photo: GilPe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marienthal is a village in the commune of Helperknapp, in western Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village has a population of 120. It is known for its former monastery, of which a few buildings remain.
Ansembourg
Village
Photo: Donarreiskoffer, CC BY 3.0.
Ansembourg is a village in the commune of Helperknapp, in western Luxembourg. As of 2025, the village had a population of 46. Ansembourg is in a part of the Eisch valley known as the Valley of the Seven Castles.
Hollenfels Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Tuntange, Mersch, Luxembourg, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
49.7121° or 49° 42′ 44″ northLongitude
6.05159° or 6° 3′ 6″ eastOpen location code
8FX8P362+RJOpenStreetMap ID
way 165276719OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1012473
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Hollenfels Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castell d’Hollenfels”
- Estonian: “Hollenfelsi loss”
- French: “château de Hollenfels”
- French: “Château de Hollenfels”
- German: “Buerg Huelmes”
- German: “Burg Hollenfels”
- German: “Hollenfels”
- Luxembourgish: “Buerg Huelmes”
- Luxembourgish: “Huelmësser Buerg”
- Polish: “Zamek Hollenfels”
- Turkish: “Hollenfels Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Youth Hostel Hollenfels and Centre de Jeunesse Hollenfels.
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