Old Wolfstein Castle
Old Wolfstein Castle, is a ruined hillside castle on the eastern slopes of the Königsberg at the narrowest point in the Lauter valley near Wolfstein in the county of Kusel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Burg Alt-Wolfstein”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Wolfstein Castle and Wolfstein station.
New Wolfstein Castle
Photo: Ulli1105, CC BY-SA 2.5.
New Wolfstein Castle is a ruined hill castle on a 238-metre-high hill above the town of Wolfstein in the county of Kusel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Today the ruins are a cultural monument… New Wolfstein Castle is situated 530 metres southeast of Old Wolfstein Castle.
Wolfstein station
Railway station
Photo: Antifaschist 666, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolfstein station is a railway station, which is situated 1 km southeast of Old Wolfstein Castle.
Zweikirche
Church
Photo: Xavax, Public domain.
Zweikirche is a church, which is situated 2 km southeast of Old Wolfstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wolfstein and Oberweiler-Tiefenbach.
Wolfstein
Town
Photo: Kolling, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wolfstein is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Before 1 July 2014 it was the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde, since then it is part of the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Oberweiler-Tiefenbach
Village
Oberweiler-Tiefenbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Aschbach
Village
Photo: Peter62x, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aschbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Old Wolfstein Castle
- Categories: castle, cultural heritage monument in Germany, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Wolfstein, Kusel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.58997° or 49° 35′ 24″ northLongitude
7.60086° or 7° 36′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8FX9HJQ2+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 474735791OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1010738
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Old Wolfstein Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Burg Alt-Wolfstein”
- Esperanto: “Burgo Alt-Wolfstein”
- German: “Altwolfstein”
- German: “Burg Alt-Wolfstein”
- German: “Burg Alt”
- Turkish: “Alt-Wolfstein Kalesi”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eisenknopf and kath. Kirche.
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