Nürburg Castle, Nürburg

Name: Nürburg Castle
Address: Nürburg, Germany

#3 among attractions in Nürburg

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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The Nürburg is a ruined hilltop castle in the German Eifel Mountains near the village of Nürburg south of Adenau in the district of Ahrweiler in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It stands within the famous North Loop, or Nordschleife, of the Nürburgring racing course at an altitude of 678 m on a volcanic basalt cone. It may be visited for a fee. ()

Local name: Nürburg Built: 1166 (858 years ago)Coordinates: 50°20'48"N, 6°57'12"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Nürburgring, Ring Racer, Hohe Acht, Raßberg.

0.8 miS
Sport venue, Sport
Nürburgring, Nürburg
21 min walk • The Nürburgring is a 150,000 person capacity motorsports complex located in the town of Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
0.9 miS
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Ring Racer, Nürburg
25 min walk • Ring Racer, stylized as Ring°racer, is a Formula One-themed roller coaster which was due to open on August 15, 2009 at the Nürburgring race course as part of the Nürburgring 2009 project.
3.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hohe Acht
95 min walk • Nestled within the verdant landscape of the Eifel region in Germany, Hohe Acht stands as the highest mountain in the area, reaching an elevation of 747 meters. This serene peak offers a respite from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and is a popular destination...
5.6 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Raßberg
144 min walk • At 668 m above sea level the Raßberg is one of the highest mountains in the Eifel region on the German and Belgian border. It lies within the municipality of Arft in the collective municipality of Vordereifel within sight of the Eifel's highest peak, the Hohe Acht.
5 miS
Natural attraction, Mountain
Hochkelberg, Mosbrucher Weiher
129 min walk • At 674.9 metres the Hochkelberg is one of the ten highest mountains in the Vulkan Eifel in Germany. It is a former stratovolcano, at the southern foot of which lies the Mosbrucher Weiher, an explosion crater lake or maar.
4.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Eifel
121 min walk • The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of Belgium.
5.5 miE
Forts and castles
Virneburg
142 min walk • Virneburg Castle is a ruined hill castle on a slate hill, 430 m above sea level, around which the Nitzbach stream flows. It stands above the village of Virneburg in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
2.7 miN
Town
Adenau, Adenau
69 min walk • Adenau is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the municipality is in Adenau.
3.3 miSE
View point
Booser Eifelturm, Booser Doppelmaar
84 min walk • The Boos Eiffel Tower near Boos in the Volcanic Eifel is a 25-meter-high observation tower.
1.9 miE
Locality
Drees
49 min walk • Drees is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
0.7 miE
Locality
Meuspath
19 min walk • Meuspath is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.