Hohenstaufen Mountain

#531 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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The Hohenstaufen is a mountain in the Swabian Jura with an elevation of 684 metres Together with the Rechberg and Stuifen, Staufer Frius, it forms the so-called "Three Kaiser mountains". It is easily visible from the little town of Lorch; it towers over the forests of that previously occupied the Staufer the Hohenstaufen Castle – the seat of the former House of Hohenstaufen – is now in ruin. ()

Local name: Hohenstaufen Elevation: 2244 ftCoordinates: 48°44'34"N, 9°43'0"E

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Baden-WürttembergGermany

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Hohenstaufen Mountain – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kletterschmiede, Hohenstaufen Castle, Filseck Castle, Prediger.

5 miNE
48°47'59"N • 9°46'60"E
Kletterschmiede, Schwäbisch Gmünd
127 min walk • Sport complex, Climbing
~140 ftSW
Forts and castles, View point
Hohenstaufen Castle
1 min walk • Perched atop the gentle hills of the Swabian Jura in Germany, the Hohenstaufen Castle remains a silent sentinel to a bygone era. This historic fortress was once the ancestral seat of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, which included some of the most notable Holy Roman Emperors...
5.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Filseck Castle
150 min walk • Filseck Castle stands on a promontory where the Pfuhlbach joins the river Fils near Uhingen in the district of Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The castle is now a restaurant, museum and cultural centre, and houses the Göppingen District Archive.
5.3 miNE
Museum
Prediger, Schwäbisch Gmünd
137 min walk • The Prediger is the name given to the former Dominican monastery of Schwäbisch Gmünd, which is now used as a cultural center with, among other things, the Museum im Prediger and the Galerie im Prediger.
5.3 miNE
Church
Heilig-Kreuz-Münster, Schwäbisch Gmünd
136 min walk • The Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd is a Gothic church building with a hall ambulatory, built from about 1320 as a city parish church. The minster is important in art history as the original work of the Parler family...
5.4 miNE
Church
St. John's Church, Schwäbisch Gmünd
137 min walk • Johanniskirche or St. John's Church is a Romanesque or neo-Romanesque style Catholic town church in Schwäbisch Gmünd, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The pillared basilica serves as a lapidary for the Gmünd Minster.
5.3 miNE
Tower
Bell Tower, Schwäbisch Gmünd
136 min walk • The bell tower, formerly called the Glockenhaus, is a Romanesque building erected around 1228 and now houses the bells of the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster in Schwäbisch Gmünd. It is thus a campanile. This form of bell tower is unique in the Swabian region.
3.9 miSW
Town
Göppingen
101 min walk • Göppingen is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace of football player Jürgen Klinsmann. It also hosts the headquarters of TeamViewer AG - the main sponsors of Manchester United.
4.7 miNE
Monuments and statues
Die anvertrauten Pfunde, Schwäbisch Gmünd
120 min walk • Wege zur Kunst is a sculpture path in Schwäbisch Gmünd-Straßdorf, which was established in 2002 and has been continuously expanded since then.
5.8 miSE
Forts and castles
Castle, Donzdorf
149 min walk • Donzdorf Castle in the middle of the town of Donzdorf in the Göppingen district of Baden-Württemberg was built in 1568 by order of Hans von Rechberg zu Hohenrechberg zu Illeraichen-Scharfenberg.
5 miNE
Museum
Galerie Villa Seiz, Schwäbisch Gmünd
128 min walk • Max Eugen Seiz was a German sculptor who lived in Schwäbisch Gmünd and worked as a freelance artist from 1954.