Castles of Manderscheid, Manderscheid

Name: Castles of Manderscheid
Address: Manderscheid, Germany

#1 among attractions in Manderscheid

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Near the Eifel town of Manderscheid are the ruins of two castles, the castles of Manderschied, whose history and location reflect the mediaeval conflict of interest between the Electorate of Trier and the Duchy of Luxembourg. ()

Local name: Manderscheider Burgen Coordinates: 50°5'25"N, 6°48'55"E

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Castles of Manderscheid – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Meerfelder Maar, Pulvermaar, Hoher List Observatory, Himmerod Abbey.

2.5 miW
Watersports, Water park, Amusement park
Meerfelder Maar
65 min walk • Nestled in the scenic volcanic Eifel region of Germany, Meerfelder Maar is a captivating water park that offers a tranquil retreat amidst nature's splendor. The Maar, a natural lake formed in a volcanic crater, is the largest of its kind in the Eifel and presents a...
5.7 miNE
Natural attraction, Lake
Pulvermaar, Gillenfeld
144 min walk • The Pulvermaar is a water-filled maar that lies southeast of Daun in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Together with the Holzmaar it is one of the Gillenfeld maars.
5.2 miN
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Hoher List Observatory, Schalkenmehren
132 min walk • Hoher List Observatorium is an Observatory located on the Hoher List mountain about 60 km south-west of the city of Bonn, close to the town of Daun in the Eifel...
5 miSW
Monastery, Church
Himmerod Abbey
127 min walk • Nestled in the serene valleys of the Rhineland-Palatinate region in Germany, Himmerod Abbey is a tranquil oasis of spiritual retreat and historical grandeur. This Cistercian monastery, with its origins dating back to the 12th century, offers a glimpse into the monastic...
5.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schalkenmehrener Maar, Schalkenmehren
148 min walk • The Schalkenmehrener Maar is a maar roughly 3 kilometres southeast of the town of Daun in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
1.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Windsborn Crater Lake
47 min walk • Nestled in the scenic landscape of the Eifel region in Germany, Windsborn Crater Lake beckons nature enthusiasts and geology aficionados alike. This unique lake, situated within the Windsborn Crater, is one of the rarest geological formations in the country – a...
~1840 ftW
Specialty museum, Museum, Natural history museum
Maar Museum, Manderscheid
9 min walk • The Maar Museum in Manderscheid in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate is a museum whose focus is natural variety and international significance for science and the region of the volcanic maars that characterise parts of the Eifel mountains.
5.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Hoher List, Schalkenmehren
133 min walk • The Hoher List is a stratovolcano, 549.1 m above sea level, near the town of Daun in the Eifel region. The hill is in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
1.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Little Kyll, Manderscheid
48 min walk • The Little Kyll German: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill" is a 23.9-kilometre-long orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.
4.1 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Burberg
106 min walk • The Burberg, also called the Buerberg and Bürberg, is a hill, 528.5 m above sea level, in the Eifel mountains in Germany. It rises near Schutz in the county of Vulkaneifel in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
5 miE
Hotel
Strohn
127 min walk • Strohn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Daun, whose seat is in the like-named town.