Burg Stolzeneck

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Stolzeneck Castle is the ruins of a hilltop castle above the Neckar River near Eberbach in Baden-Württemberg. Built around 1200, the castle was given to servants of the Palatine counts as a fiefdom of the Electorate of Palatinate from 1284. After 1610, the castle and the associated castle hamlet of Krösselbach were abandoned.

Coordinates: 49°25'33"N, 8°59'57"E

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Baden-WürttembergGermany

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

Nearby attractions include: Katzenbuckel, Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Burg Hirschhorn, Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald.

3.6 miNE
Inactive volcano with a lookout tower
Katzenbuckel
93 min walk • Nestled in the lush landscape of the Odenwald region in Germany, Katzenbuckel is a testament to the area's fiery geological past. This extinct volcano, the highest peak in the Odenwald, rises to an elevation of 626 meters, offering breathtaking views of the surrounding...
4.8 miW
Church, Gothic architecture
Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation, Hirschhorn
122 min walk • The Carmelite Monastery Church of the Annunciation at Hirschhorn in Hesse, Germany dates from 1406, when the Lord of Hirschhorn established a Carmelite monastery there. Its architectural style is late Gothic. In 1803, the monastery was dissolved, and the church deconsecrated.
4.8 miW
Forts and castles
Burg Hirschhorn, Hirschhorn
123 min walk • Hirschhorn Castle, also known as Hirschhorn Castle, is a very well preserved spur castle and palace complex above the Hessian town of Hirschhorn, located on the Neckar River, on the border between Baden-Württemberg and Hesse.
2.6 miN
Natural history museum, Museum, Park
Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald, Eberbach
67 min walk • The Neckartal-Odenwald Nature Park is one of the largest nature parks in Baden-Württemberg, Germany with a size of 1520 km². In the north, the Bergstraße-Odenwald Nature Park is located in Hesse and Bavaria, some areas in the north of Baden-Württemberg belong to both nature parks. The nature park is run by Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald e.
3.6 miSE
Forts and castles
Minneburg
91 min walk • The Minneburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the Neckar valley in the Neckarkatzenbacher Gemeindewald district in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg. The castle towers over Neckargerach, which is directly on the opposite side ...
2.8 miN
Forts and castles
Burg Eberbach, Eberbach
72 min walk • Eberbach Castle is the complex ruined complex of three spur castles above the town of Eberbach. Eberbach Castle consists of three separate castles, so that one should actually correctly speak of the castles of Eberbach.
1.6 miE
Forts and castles
Schloß Zwingenberg
40 min walk • Zwingenberg Castle, also called Zwingenberg or Schloss Zwingenberg, stands on the right bank of the River Neckar where it cuts through the Odenwald hills in central Germany. The castle is located in the municipality of Zwingenberg in the state of Baden-Württemberg.
2.7 miN
Church
St. Johannes Nepomuk Kirche, Eberbach
69 min walk • St. John Nepomuk Church is a Catholic church in Eberbach in the Rhine-Neckar district in northwestern Baden-Württemberg. It was built between 1884 and 1887 and is already the fourth church on this site. It is considered a landmark of Eberbach.
2.6 miN
Church
Church of St. Michael, Eberbach
66 min walk • The Evangelical Church of St. Michael in Eberbach in the Rhine-Neckar district in northwestern Baden-Württemberg was built between 1835 and 1841. The renaming from "Evangelische Stadtkirche" to "Michaelskirche", which took place only in 1976, goes...
3.1 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ohrsberg, Eberbach
78 min walk • The Ohrsberg is an elevation in the town of Eberbach. The 236.1 m above sea level circulating mountain of the Neckar in the Odenwald characterizes the Eberbach townscape. On the summit are the remains of Ohrsberg Castle and the Ohrsberg Tower.
3.1 miN
View point
Ohrsbergturm, Eberbach
78 min walk • The Ohrsbergturm is a 17.5 meter high observation tower on the Ohrsberg, a 237 meter high elevation near Eberbach in the Odenwald. The Ohrsberg tower offers a view over the Neckar valley around Eberbach.

Burg Stolzeneck

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