Königstein

#751 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Rock

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The Königstein is a 189 m high hill in the northern Harz Foreland in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also known as the Kamelfelsen due to its unusually shaped sandstone rock formation. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°48'40"N, 11°3'18"E

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Saxony-AnhaltGermany

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Königstein – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Quedlinburg Abbey, Hamburger Wappen, Stiftskirche St Servatii und Domschatz, Lyonel-Feininger Galerie.

3.9 miSE
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg
100 min walk • Quedlinburg Abbey was a house of secular canonesses in Quedlinburg in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It was founded in 936 on the initiative of Saint Mathilda, the widow of the East Frankish King Henry the Fowler, as his memorial.
3.3 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Hamburger Wappen
84 min walk • The Hamburger Wappen is a highly unusual rock feature on the Teufelsmauer rock formation not far from Timmenrode in the Harz Mountains in central Germany.
3.9 miSE
Church, Sacred and religious sites, Architecture
Stiftskirche St Servatii und Domschatz, Quedlinburg
99 min walk • The theft of medieval art from Quedlinburg was perpetrated by United States Army Lieutenant Joe T. Meador in the days prior to the end of World War II in Europe. Precious church objects stored near Quedlinburg, Germany, were found by the U.S. Army.
3.8 miSE
Museum
Lyonel-Feininger Galerie, Quedlinburg
98 min walk • The Lyonel Feininger Gallery is a staff museum in Quedlinburg, founded in 1986. In 2006, it was transferred to the sponsorship of the Moritzburg Foundation - Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle and was already included in the Blue...
2.7 miNW
Museum, Concentration camp
Langenstein-Zwieberge
68 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.
3.8 miW
Memorial
Sandhöhlen, Blankenburg
98 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.
3.8 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Klopstock Museum, Quedlinburg
98 min walk • The Klopstock House of the Quedlinburg Municipal Museums is the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, one of the founders of classical German literature. In his time he was read more often than his contemporaries Goethe and Schiller.
3.9 miSE
Museum
Schlossberg, Quedlinburg
100 min walk • The Schlossberg is an elevation of the Northern Harz foreland. It is located in Quedlinburg in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt and is the site of Quedlinburg Abbey.
3.7 miSE
Church
St. Wiperti, Quedlinburg
94 min walk • St. Wipeta is located southwest of the castle hill in Quedlinburg. Together with the Collegiate Church of St. Serwacy represents the Romanesque style in this city. Despite the turbulent history, he still kept the oldest remains ...
3.8 miS
Museum
Kloster Wendhusen, Thale
98 min walk • Wendhusen Monastery, modernized also Wendhausen, in Thale is the oldest monastery on the territory of the present state of Saxony-Anhalt and is the start or end station of the Harz Monastery Trail.
3.9 miSE
Park
Abteigarten, Quedlinburg
100 min walk • The Abteigarten is a listed garden in the city of Quedlinburg in Saxony-Anhalt. It is one of the parks of the Garden Dreams of Saxony-Anhalt.