Dürnstein Castle
Dürnstein Castle is the ruin of a medieval rock castle in Austria. It is located in Dürnstein, in the Lower Austrian Wachau region on the Danube river, at 312 metres above sea level.Photo: Haeferl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Castle ruins in the Wachau, Lower Austria
- Also known as: “Dürnstein castle ruins”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pranger Dürnstein and Kunigundenkirche Dürnstein.
Pranger Dürnstein
Historic site
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pranger Dürnstein is a historic site, which is situated 370 metres southwest of Dürnstein Castle.
Kunigundenkirche Dürnstein
Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunigundenkirche Dürnstein is a church, which is situated 360 metres south of Dürnstein Castle.
Klarissenkloster Dürnstein
Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Klarissenkloster Dürnstein is a church, which is situated 390 metres south of Dürnstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weißenkirchen in der Wachau and Krems.
Weißenkirchen in der Wachau
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weißenkirchen in der Wachau is a small town in the Wachau valley, on the northern side of the Danube River.
Krems
Photo: Xenophon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Krems an der Donau is a riverside town in the Danube's Wachau Valley tourist region of Lower Austria.
Dürnstein Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, ruins, castle, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Dürnstein, Krems District, Wachau, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.39782° or 48° 23′ 52″ northLongitude
15.5219° or 15° 31′ 19″ eastInception
1130Open location code
8FWQ9GXC+4QOpenStreetMap ID
way 25730418OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q188358
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Dürnstein Castle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “杜伦斯坦城堡”
- Chinese: “杜伦施坦城堡”
- Chinese: “杜倫斯坦城堡”
- Chinese: “迪恩施泰因城堡”
- Czech: “Dürnstein”
- Czech: “hrad Dürnstein”
- Danish: “Burgruine Dürnstein”
- German: “Burg Dürnstein”
- German: “Burgruine Dürnstein und Wehranlagen”
- German: “Burgruine Dürnstein”
- German: “Burgruine Mollenburg”
- German: “Ruine Dürnstein”
- Hungarian: “Burgruine Dürnstein”
- Polish: “Zamek Dürnstein”
- Romanian: “Castelul Dürnstein”
- Russian: “Дюрнштайн”
- Russian: “Замок Дюрнштайн”
- Spanish: “Ruina del castillo de Dürnstein (Baja Austria)”
- Spanish: “Ruina del castillo de Dürnstein”
- Ukrainian: “Дюрнштайн (замок)”
- Ukrainian: “Дюрнштайн”
- Uzbek: “Dürnstein qalʼasi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Schlossberg and Häuptling.
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