Burg Gleiberg, Wettenberg

Name: Burg Gleiberg
Address: Burgstr. 90, Wettenberg, 35435, Germany

#1 among attractions in Wettenberg

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Gleiberg Castle with the surrounding village of Gleiberg is a namesake part of Krofdorf-Gleiberg and belongs to the municipality of Wettenberg in the district of Giessen in Hesse.

Coordinates: 50°36'54"N, 8°38'4"E

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Burgstr. 90Wettenberg 35435 Germany

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Burg Gleiberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mathematikum, Stadttheater Gießen, Botanical Garden, Dünsberg.

2.7 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Mathematikum, Gießen
70 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Gießen, Germany, the Mathematikum opens a fascinating world where mathematics becomes an interactive adventure. This unique museum, the first of its kind in the world, offers visitors of all ages the opportunity to engage with mathematical...
2.8 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stadttheater Gießen, Gießen
73 min walk • The Theater Gießen, official name Stadttheater Gießen, is a theatre in Gießen, Germany, a cultural center for the university city and the region. The main building was designed in Neo-classical style with influences of Jugendstil by architects Fellner & Helmer and completed in 1906.
2.7 miSE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Botanical Garden, Gießen
69 min walk • The Botanischer Garten Gießen, more formally the Botanischer Garten der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, is a historic botanical garden maintained by the University of Giessen. It is the oldest botanical garden in Germany still at its original site, with an entrance at Senckenbergstraße 6, Gießen, Hesse, Germany.
3.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Dünsberg
87 min walk • Dünsberg is a hill slightly northwest of Gießen in Hesse, Germany. At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and Wetzlar area. On the southern slope of the hill, grave mounds were found from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Fortification systems of the hill are detectable from the Urnfield period.
~80 ftSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Gleiberg Volcano
1 min walk • Gleiberg is a hill and extinct volcano in Hesse, Germany.
2.7 miSE
Museum
Gießkannenmuseum, Gießen
70 min walk • The Watering Can Museum is a museum for watering cans and other irrigation instruments in the city of Giessen in central Hesse. It was launched in 2011 in the run-up to the State Garden Show Giessen 2014 as a participatory project for citizens...
2.7 miSE
50°34'51"N • 8°39'59"E
Liebig Museum, Gießen
70 min walk • Museum, Science museum, Specialty museum
2.8 miSE
Music venue, Church
Church of St. John, Gießen
72 min walk • St. John's Church is the largest Protestant church in Giessen, in the district of Giessen in central Hesse, and has the highest steeple of all the churches in Giessen, with a height of 72 meters.
2.3 miSE
View point, Event space
Lahnfenster, Gießen
59 min walk • The Lahnfenster Hessen is a water information center on the Lahn in Giessen, operated by the Regierungspräsidium Giessen. The partially underground building offers views of the river through large glass panes, as well as the fish ladder at...
2.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Altes Schloss, Gießen
69 min walk • Altes Schloss - the castle in Gießen, was founded in the 12th century by the count from Gleiberg. Then a new castle was added, which is located on the other side of the Brandtplatz Parking Square, which divides both buildings. Near the old castle there is a botanical garden from the 17th century, the oldest existing in Germany.
2.7 miSE
Monuments and statues
Die drei Schwätzer, Gießen
70 min walk • The Three Chatterers are a bronze sculpture created by Karl-Henning Seemann in the central Hessian city of Giessen. They stand in the inner-city pedestrian zone at the junction of Plockstraße and Seltersweg.