Burg Hermannstein, Wetzlar

Name: Burg Hermannstein
Address: Wetzlar, Germany

#11 among attractions in Wetzlar

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Hermannstein Castle is located on the Schwarzenberg as a hilltop castle above the present-day Wetzlar district of Hermannstein in central Hesse.

The upper castle of Hermannstein Castle was built towards the end of the 14th century to protect the High Road and the Hessian border above the Lahn Valley. Its shape is based on French donjons. The lower castle was built in the 15th century.

Coordinates: 50°34'46"N, 8°29'39"E

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Wetzlar Germany

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

Nearby attractions include: Lottehaus, Wetzlar Cathedral, Dünsberg, Cube - DAV Kletterzentrum Wetzlar.

1.7 miS
Museum, Historical place
Lottehaus, Wetzlar
44 min walk • The Lottehaus is a museum in Wetzlar, Germany. It was the birthplace of Charlotte Buff, who lived there for the first 20 years of her life until she got married.
1.6 miS
Historical place, Church, Romanesque architecture
Wetzlar Cathedral, Wetzlar
42 min walk • Wetzlar Cathedral is a large church in the town of Wetzlar, located on the Lahn river some 50 km north of Frankfurt. Construction began in 1230 and is still unfinished, since the western front is still missing its northern belfry.
6.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Dünsberg
158 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.
2.2 miSE
50°33'13"N • 8°31'32"E
Cube - DAV Kletterzentrum Wetzlar, Wetzlar
58 min walk • Sport complex, Climbing
3.4 miSE
50°32'23"N • 8°32'29"E
Kletterwald Wetzlar, Wetzlar
88 min walk • Game and entertainment center, Theme park, Amusement park
4.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Altenberg
105 min walk • The Altenberg is a hill in Hesse, Germany. It is next to the L3053 road.
1.8 miS
Museum, Specialty museum
Reichskammergerichtsmuseum, Wetzlar
47 min walk • The Imperial Chamber Court Museum presents an exhibition on the structure, functioning and history of the Imperial Chamber Court throughout the period of its activity. Opened in 1987, the museum is located in Hofstatt 19 in Wetzlar, a cameral...
1.8 miS
Museum
Palais Papius, Wetzlar
47 min walk • Palais Papius is a plain baroque two-story palace in the old town of Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district. It is located at Kornblumengasse 1.
1.9 miS
Library
Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar, Wetzlar
49 min walk • The Phantastische Bibliothek Wetzlar was founded in 1989 and has become one of the largest public libraries specialised in Fantasy literature worldwide, it is the largest in Europe. It is generally a reference library, open for the public and researchers.
1.9 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Jerusalemhaus, Wetzlar
48 min walk • The Jerusalemhaus is a house museum at Schillerplatz 5 in Wetzlar, Germany. On October 30, 1772, the Braunschweig legation secretary Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem shot himself here in a two-room apartment on the second floor.
5.3 miN
Forts and castles
Burg Hohensolms
135 min walk • Hohensolms Castle, also called Neu-Hohensolms, is a hilltop castle on the so-called "Ramsberg" about 430 m above sea level in the district of the same name of the municipality of Hohenahr in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse.