Lauf Castle
Lauf Castle was originally a medieval fortress in the town of Lauf an der Pegnitz near Nuremberg, Germany. The German name Wenzelschloss is derived from to the present day surviving statue of Saint Wenceslas, patron saint of Czechs, on the facade of the entrance gate.
Photo: Rainer Lippert, Public domain.
- Opening hours:
Wednesday—Friday: 1:00 PM—4:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
public holidays: closed - Email: infopunkt@lauf.de
- Type: Castle
- Description: cultural heritage monument in Landkreis Nürnberger Land, Bavaria, Germany
- Also known as: “Burg in Lauf an der Pegnitz” and “Wenzelschloss”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schleifmühle in Lauf an der Pegnitz and Johanniskirche (Lauf an der Pegnitz).
Schleifmühle in Lauf an der Pegnitz
Johanniskirche (Lauf an der Pegnitz)
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heuchling and Kotzenhof.
Lauf Castle
- Categories: château, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lauf an der Pegnitz, Nürnberger Land, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.50994° or 49° 30′ 36″ north
Longitude
11.28202° or 11° 16′ 55″ east
Inception
1356
Open location code
8FXHG75J+XR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Lauf Castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Lauf Castle” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Wenzelschloss”
- Aragonese: “Wenzelschloss”
- Arpitan: “Wenzelschloss”
- Asturian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Basque: “Wenzelschloss”
- Bavarian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Breton: “Wenzelschloss”
- Catalan: “Wenzelschloss”
- Corsican: “Wenzelschloss”
- Croatian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Czech: “Lauf”
- Danish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Dutch: “Wenzelschloss”
- Esperanto: “Wenzelschloss”
- Estonian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Finnish: “Wenzelschloss”
- French: “Wenzelschloss”
- Friulian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Galician: “Wenzelschloss”
- German: “Wenzelburg”
- German: “Wenzelschloss”
- Hungarian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Icelandic: “Wenzelschloss”
- Ido: “Wenzelschloss”
- Indonesian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Interlingua: “Wenzelschloss”
- Interlingue: “Wenzelschloss”
- Irish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Italian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Jèrriais: “Wenzelschloss”
- Kongo: “Wenzelschloss”
- Ligurian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Limburgan: “Wenzelschloss”
- Low German: “Wenzelschloss”
- Luxembourgish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Malagasy: “Wenzelschloss”
- Malay: “Wenzelschloss”
- Minangkabau: “Wenzelschloss”
- Neapolitan: “Wenzelschloss”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wenzelschloss”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wenzelschloss”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wenzelschloss”
- Picard: “Wenzelschloss”
- Piemontese: “Wenzelschloss”
- Polish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Portuguese: “Wenzelschloss”
- Romanian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Romansh: “Wenzelschloss”
- Sardinian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Scots: “Wenzelschloss”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Wenzelschloss”
- Serbian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Sicilian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Slovak: “Wenzelschloss”
- Slovenian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Spanish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Swahili: “Wenzelschloss”
- Swedish: “Wenzelschloss”
- Swiss German: “Wenzelschloss”
- Venetian: “Wenzelschloss”
- Vietnamese: “Wenzelschloss”
- Vlaams: “Wenzelschloss”
- Volapük: “Wenzelschloss”
- Walloon: “Wenzelschloss”
- Welsh: “Wenzelschloss”
- Wolof: “Wenzelschloss”
- Zulu: “Wenzelschloss”
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