Ulmen Castle
Ulmen Castle is a ruined castle complex in Ulmen, Germany. The upper castle was built on a slope above the Ulmener Maar, while the lower castle was adjacent but below it.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 24/7
- Type: Locality
- Description: castle ruins in Ulmen, Germany
- Also known as: “Burg Ulmen” and “Oberburg Ulmen”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ulmener Maar and Ulmener Maar.
Ulmener Maar
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ulmener Maar is a maar in the Eifel mountains of Germany in the immediate vicinity of the town of Ulmen in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The lake is up to 37 metres deep and is surrounded by an embankment of tuff with an average height of 20 metres, which was formed from the erupted material of the former volcano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulmen and Schönbach.
Ulmen
Town
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ulmen is a town in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde – a kind of collective municipality – to which it also belongs.
Schönbach
Village
Photo: Wolkenkratzer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Schönbach is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town. Schönbach is situated 2½ km west of Ulmen Castle.
Auderath
Village
Photo: Reinhardhauke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Auderath is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Ulmen, whose seat is in the like-named town. Auderath is situated 3 km southeast of Ulmen Castle.
Ulmen Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, castle, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Ulmen, Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.20848° or 50° 12′ 31″ northLongitude
6.98162° or 6° 58′ 54″ eastOpen location code
9F286X5J+9JOpenStreetMap ID
way 77504360OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q2475315
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Ulmen Castle” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Ulmener Burgen”
- Esperanto: “Burgoj de Ulmen”
- German: “Burg Ulmen”
- German: “Ulmener Burgen”
- Japanese: “ウルメン城跡”
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