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Hammerstein

Hammerstein castle

Hammerstein Castle is the ruin of a 10th-century mountain castle in , Germany, the oldest in this entire Valley. The ruin of one of its watchtowers still overlooks the Rhine at an altitude of 195 m, near the village of .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle
  • Also known as: “Burg Hammerstein” and “Burgruine Hammerstein”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. George and Jüdischer Friedhof.

Church
Photo: Tohma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 270 metres northwest of Hammerstein castle.

Cemetery
Photo: LigaDue, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cemetery, which is situated 350 metres east of Hammerstein castle.

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is located in the Rhine valley, close to the village of Namedy in , . Late gothic, moated castle originally belonging to the Husmann Knights of Andernach. Since 1909 in possession of the Rhenish line of the Hohenzollern dynasty. is situated 1½ km south of Hammerstein castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Namedy and Namedyer Werth.

Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Hammerstein castle.

Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a municipality in the , in , . is situated 3 km southeast of Hammerstein castle.

Hammerstein castle

Latitude
50.47082° or 50° 28′ 15″ north
Longitude
7.35776° or 7° 21′ 28″ east
Open location code
9F29F9C5+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 479822775
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1012182
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Hammerstein castle” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Burg Hammerstein and Yachtclub Insel Hammerstein.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Mohrsches Mordkreuz am Olterbach and Oberhammerstein.

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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 “Hammerstein castle”. Photo: Hermu, CC BY-SA 3.0.