Scharfenberg Castle

Scharfenberg Castle, is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in the Palatine Forest in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated above the small South Palatine town of Annweiler.

Photo: R.Wallenstein, CC BY-SA 2.0 de.

Type: Tourist attraction
Description: rock castle
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fensterfels and Anebos Castle.

Fensterfels

Peak

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Fensterfels is a peak.

Anebos Castle

Photo: Steffen 962, CC0.

Anebos Castle is a ruin of a medieval castle in the Palatinate Forest south of Anweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The name of the castle is probably derived from the German word "Amboss". Anebos Castle is situated 500 metres northwest of Scharfenberg Castle.

Trifels Castle

Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trifels Castle is a reconstructed medieval castle at an elevation of 500 m near the small town of Annweiler, in the Palatinate region of southwestern Germany. Trifels Castle is situated 1 km northwest of Scharfenberg Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bindersbach and Annweiler am Trifels.

Bindersbach

Village

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Bindersbach is a village.

Annweiler am Trifels

Town

Annweiler am Trifels

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Annweiler am Trifels, or Annweiler is a town in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Queich, 12 km west of Landau. Annweiler am Trifels station is on the Landau–Saarbrücken railway.

Waldhambach

Village

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Waldhambach is a municipality in Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. Waldhambach is situated 2½ km south of Scharfenberg Castle.

Scharfenberg Castle

Categories: rock castle, castle, tourism, and historic site
Location: Leinsweiler, Südliche Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

49.18917° or 49° 11′ 21″ north

Longitude

7.98623° or 7° 59′ 10″ east

Open location code

8FX95XQP+MF

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=no

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Scharfenberg Castle” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Scharfenberg Castle”
Esperanto: “Burgo Münz”
French: “Burg Scharfenberg”
French: “château de Scharfenberg”
French: “Château de Scharfenberg”
German: “Burg Münz”
German: “Burg Scharfenberg (Pfalz)”
German: “Burg Scharfenberg”
German: “Münz”
Polish: “Scharfenberg”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scharfenberg and Münzfels.

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