Heimburg Castle

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Heimburg Castle, also called the Altenburg or Alteburg, is a ruined castle on an oval hilltop about 330 metres above sea level which is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The ruins of this hilltop castle stand above the village of Heimburg in the borough of Blankenburg in the district of Harz in the state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is checkpoint no. 84 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network. ()

Local name: Burg Heimburg Built: X centuryCoordinates: 51°49'38"N, 10°54'39"E

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Saxony-AnhaltGermany

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

Nearby attractions include: Regenstein Castle, Blankenburg Castle, Wernigerode Castle, Michaelstein Abbey.

2.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Regenstein Castle, Blankenburg
62 min walk • Perched on the rugged cliffs of the Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Regenstein Castle offers a unique glimpse into medieval history and architecture. This fascinating castle ruins, located just north of the city of Blankenburg, are steeped in over a thousand...
3.4 miSE
Palace, Forts and castles, Baroque architecture
Blankenburg Castle, Blankenburg
86 min walk • Great Blankenburg Castle was built on the limestone hill of Blankenstein in the town of Blankenburg in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Nearby is the Little Castle with its Baroque garden, tea house and museum, the town wall, the pheasant garden, the castle park and the castle pond.
5.1 miW
Romantic hilltop castle and lavish decor
Wernigerode Castle, Wernigerode
130 min walk • Wernigerode Castle is a schloss located in the Harz mountains above the town of Wernigerode in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The present-day building, finished in the late 19th century, is similar in style to Schloss Neuschwanstein, though its foundations are much older.
1.5 miS
Museum, Music venue, Monastery
Michaelstein Abbey, Blankenburg
37 min walk • Michaelstein Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery, now the home of the Stiftung Kloster Michaelstein - Musikinstitut für Aufführungspraxis, near the town of Blankenburg in the Harz in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.
2.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Austberg
59 min walk • The Austberg, also called the Augsberg or Augstberg, is a low hill, 292 m above sea level, in the northern Harz Foreland near the village of Benzingerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
1.8 miSE
Watermill
Regenstein Mill, Blankenburg
46 min walk • The Regenstein Mill was a water-powered corn and oil mill below Regenstein Castle north of the town of Blankenburg in the county of Harz.
4.1 miSW
Forts and castles
Bodfeld
104 min walk • Bodfeld was a small royal palace or lodge that was primarily established for hunting purposes and, when the town of Elbingerode emerged, for the administration of ore mining in the central Harz that underpinned the power of the Ottonian and Salian kings and emperors in medieval Europe.
1.7 miW
Forts and castles
Struvenburg
45 min walk • The Struvenburg was a medieval castle immediately east of Benzingerode, a village in the borough of Wernigerode in the district of Harz in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Today only a few earthworks remain. Very little is known about this castle. The name may be derived from the adjective struf = scrubby or rough.
4.9 miE
Museum, Concentration camp
Langenstein-Zwieberge
126 min walk • The Langenstein-Zwieberge was a concentration camp, an under-camp of the Buchenwald concentration camp. More than 7000 prisoners from 23 countries were imprisoned there between April 1944 and April 1945.
2.6 miS
Tower
Wilhelm Raabe Tower, Blankenburg
66 min walk • The Wilhelm Raabe Tower is one of the few surviving Kaiser towers. It is located on the Eichenberg hill near Blankenburg on the edge of the Harz Mountains of central Germany. It is owned by the Harz Club branch in Blankenburg.
2.4 miE
Memorial
Sandhöhlen, Blankenburg
63 min walk • The Sandhöhlen are a natural monument in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. They are two sand caves known individually as the Große Sandhöhle and Kleine Sandhöhle.