Spangenberg Castle
Spangenberg Castle is the partially rebuilt ruin of a rock castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies in the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein valley near the village of Erfenstein, but is actually on the forest estates belong to the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, or more precisely, the village of Lachen-Speyerdorf.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Erfenstein Castle and Breitenstein Castle.
Erfenstein Castle
Castle
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Erfenstein Castle is a medieval spur castle in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the Palatine Forest above the Elmstein Valley at 265 m above sea level in the vicinity of the hamlet of Erfenstein in the municipality of Esthal. Erfenstein Castle is situated 270 metres northwest of Spangenberg Castle.
Breitenstein Castle
Castle
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The ruins of Breitenstein Castle stand on a crag, 220 metres high, on the northern side of the Speyerbach valley in the Palatine Forest in Germany. The castles is 4 kilometres east of the village of Elmstein in the county of Bad Dürkheim in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Breitenstein Castle is situated 1½ km southwest of Spangenberg Castle.
Platte
Peak
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Platte is a peak, which is situated 3½ km east of Spangenberg Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erfenstein and Helmbach.
Frankeneck
Village
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Frankeneck is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Frankeneck is situated 3½ km northeast of Spangenberg Castle.
Spangenberg Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: rock castle ruin in Germany
- Categories: rock castle, hill castle, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Esthal, Bad Dürkheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.35113° or 49° 21′ 4″ northLongitude
8.01589° or 8° 0′ 57″ eastOpen location code
8FXC9228+F9OpenStreetMap ID
way 34028305OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1014024
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“Spangenberg Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Spangenberg Castle”
- Esperanto: “Burg Spangenberg”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Spangenberg”
- German: “Burg Spangenberg”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Historischer Steinbruch and Erfenstein.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Spangenberg Castle”. Photo: F. Riedelio, CC BY-SA 4.0.