Burg Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn
#2 among attractions in Hirschhorn
Facts and practical information
Hirschhorn Castle, also known as Hirschhorn Castle, is a very well preserved spur castle and palace complex above the Hessian town of Hirschhorn, located on the Neckar River, on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.
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Burg Hirschhorn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Dilsberg, Café Baden, Hinterburg.
Church, Gothic architectureCarmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Hirschhorn
2 min walk • The Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation at Hirschhorn in Hesse, Germany dates from 1406, when the Lord of Hirschhorn established a Carmelite monastery there. Its architectural style is late Gothic. In 1803, the monastery was dissolved, and the church deconsecrated.
Forts and castlesDilsberg, Neckargemünd
114 min walk • Dilsberg Castle is a ruined castle located in Neckargemünd, Germany. It was built by the counts of Lauffen in the 12th century, but in the 14th century became part of the Electorate of the Palatinate.
MonasteryCafé Baden
105 min walk • Schönau Abbey in Schönau in the Odenwald, in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg, was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1142 from Eberbach Abbey. The present settlement of Schönau grew up round the monastery.
Forts and castlesHinterburg, Neckarsteinach
107 min walk • The Hinterburg, also called Alt-Schadeck, is the ruin of a spur castle at 165 m above sea level near Neckarsteinach in the Bergstrasse district in Hesse. It is the oldest of the four castles Vorderburg, Mittelburg, Hinterburg and Schwalbennest and...
Natural history museum, Museum, ParkNaturpark Neckartal-Odenwald, Eberbach
101 min walk • The Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park is one of the largest nature parks in Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a size of 1520 km². In the north, the Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park is located in Hesse and Bavaria, some areas in the north of Baden-Württemberg belong to both nature parks. The nature park is run by Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald e.
City gateStadttor, Neckargemünd
151 min walk • The Karlstor in Neckargemünd, a town east of Heidelberg in the Rhine-Neckar district, was built in 1788. The gate at the end of the old town is a protected architectural monument.
Forts and castlesBurg Stolzeneck
123 min walk • Stolzeneck Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle above the Neckar River near Eberbach in Baden-Württemberg. Built around 1200, the castle was given to servants of the Palatine counts as a fiefdom of the Electorate of Palatinate from 1284.
Forts and castlesFreienstein
158 min walk • Freienstein Castle is the ruin of a spur castle near Beerfelden high above Gammelsbach, a district of Oberzent in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse. The Freienstein office is named after the castle.
Forts and castlesBurg Eberbach, Eberbach
121 min walk • Eberbach Castle is the complex ruined complex of three spur castles above the town of Eberbach. Eberbach Castle consists of three separate castles, so that one should actually correctly speak of the castles of Eberbach.
ChurchSt. Johannes Nepomuk Kirche, Eberbach
105 min walk • St. John Nepomuk Church is a Catholic church in Eberbach in the Rhine-Neckar district in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. It was built between 1884 and 1887 and is already the fourth church on this site. It is considered a landmark of Eberbach.
View point, Forts and castlesBurgruine Schwalbennest, Neckarsteinach
113 min walk • The castle ruin Schwalbennest, actually Schadeck, is the ruin of a medieval hillside castle in rocky location at 190 m above sea level near Neckarsteinach in the Bergstrasse district.
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