Raffenburg, Hagen

Raffenburg Castle, also called Raffenberg Castle, is a ruin of a hilltop castle in the Hohenlimburg district of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the summit of the wooded Raffenberg in the middle of the Raffenberg nature reserve west of the Hohenlimburg town center and east of the Hagen district of Holthausen. On the northeast side of the mountain, the B 7 separates the hill from the Lenneaue, which is more than 120 m lower. On the flatter south side of the mountain, a path leads up to the site. It starts at the Piepenbrink hikers' parking lot near the fairy tale forest. The Raffenburg is located in the Raffenberg nature reserve.