Are Castle, Altenahr

Name: Are Castle
Address: Altenahr, Germany

#1 among attractions in Altenahr

Top attraction, View point, Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture

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Are Castle is the ruin of a hill castle that stands at a height of 240 m above sea level above the village of Altenahr in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was built around 1100 by Count Dietrich I of Are and is first recorded in 1121. ()

Local name: Burg Are Built: 1100 (925 years ago)Coordinates: 50°31'3"N, 6°59'42"E

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Altenahr Germany

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Are Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Government bunker, Teufelsley, ehem. Synagoge Ahrweiler, Museum der Stadt Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Weißer Turm.

4.1 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Historical place
Government bunker, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
104 min walk • Nestled in the scenic hills of the Ahr Valley, in the town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, lies a relic of the Cold War era: the Government Bunker (German: Regierungsbunker). This once-secret bunker, now partially converted into a museum, served as a protective...
4.4 miS
Climbing, Natural attraction, Mountain
Teufelsley
112 min walk • Nestled in the rugged landscapes of Germany, Teufelsley emerges as a climbing enthusiast's haven. This climbing spot, characterized by its natural rock formations, offers a unique and challenging experience for both beginners and seasoned climbers.
4.6 miE
Museum
ehem. Synagoge Ahrweiler, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
118 min walk • The Ahrweiler synagogue stands in the district of the same name in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the district of Ahrweiler. It was built by the Jewish community in 1894 in the Altenbaustraße.
4.6 miE
Museum
Museum der Stadt Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Weißer Turm, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
117 min walk • The White Tower in Ahrweiler, a district of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in the district of Ahrweiler, is a former residential tower from the second half of the 13th century. The White Tower at Altenbaustraße 5 is a protected architectural monument.
4.2 miE
Museum
Museum Römervilla
108 min walk • The Roman villa of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler on the Silberberg is an archaeological site documenting centuries of changing use from the mid-first century AD to the early Middle Ages. The excavated site is located on the outskirts of the...
3.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochthürmerberg
100 min walk • The Hochthürmerberg, is a hill, 499.9 m above sea level, in the Eifel region. It is situated in the county of Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia near the state border with Rhineland-Palatinate in Deutschland.
5.3 miE
Museum
Weinmuseum Bachem, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
135 min walk • The Bachem Wine Museum, located at Königstraße 23 in Bachem, a district of the town of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler in Rhineland-Palatinate, is a small wine museum established in a historic building since 1978.
4.8 miE
50°32'27"N • 7°5'49"E
Ahrtor, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
122 min walk • Historical place, City gate
4.9 miW
Museum
Radioteleskop Effelsberg, Bad Münstereifel
126 min walk • The Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope is a radio telescope in the Ahr Hills in Bad Münstereifel, Germany. For 29 years the Effelsberg Radio Telescope was the largest fully steerable radio telescope on Earth, surpassing the Lovell Telescope in the UK.
0.6 miS
Nature and wildlife, Park
Ahrschleife bei Altenahr, Altenahr
15 min walk • The Ahrschleife near Altenahr is a 205-hectare nature reserve on the Ahr River, located in the Langfigtal valley south of the village of Altenahr in the district of Ahrweiler.
1 miSW
Forts and castles
Burg Kreuzberg
27 min walk • Kreuzberg Castle stands on a small rock cone above the Altenahr district of Kreuzberg. The complex is located on a triangular rock plateau, which on one side falls steeply to the Ahr, and thus belongs to the type of high castle.