Burg Kalsmunt

Burg Kalsmunt is a tower in Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse. Burg Kalsmunt is situated nearby to the fire station Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wetzlar – Innenstadt, as well as near the church St. Elisabeth.

Photo: Brego, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Tower
Description: tower
Also known as: “Kalsmunt”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jerusalemhaus and Reichskammergerichtsmuseum.

Jerusalemhaus

Museum

Photo: Wiegels, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Jerusalemhaus is a house museum at Schillerplatz 5 in Wetzlar, Germany. On October 30, 1772, the Braunschweig legation secretary Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem shot himself here in a two-room apartment on the second floor. Jerusalemhaus is situated 550 metres northeast of Burg Kalsmunt.

Reichskammergerichtsmuseum

Museum

Photo: Stefan Flöper, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Reichskammergerichtsmuseum is situated 640 metres northeast of Burg Kalsmunt.

Franciscan Church

Church

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Franciscan Church is situated 550 metres northeast of Burg Kalsmunt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wetzlarer Kreuz.

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 5 km north of Burg Kalsmunt.

Burg Kalsmunt

Categories: castle, building, ruins, and historic site
Location: Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.54939° or 50° 32′ 58″ north

Longitude

8.49559° or 8° 29′ 44″ east

Levels

Open location code

9F2CGFXW+Q6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26478038

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

Wikidata ID

Q1012598

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In Other Languages

From German to Turkish—“Burg Kalsmunt” goes by many names.

German: “Burg Kalsmunt”
Turkish: “Kalsmunt Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Freiwillige Feuerwehr Wetzlar – Innenstadt and St. Elisabeth.

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