Kilianstein

#1295 among destinations in Germany

Nature, Natural attraction, Rock

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The Kilianstein is a free-standing rock tower on the Hopfenberg hill in the eastern part of the Sembach valley in central Germany. It stands about 800 m east of the village of Winterstein on the northern slopes of the Thuringian Forest in Germany. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°52'29"N, 10°27'50"E

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

Nearby attractions include: mini-a-thür, Altenstein Palace, Schloss Reinhardsbrunn, Großer Inselsberg.

5.1 miW
Amusement, Amusement park
mini-a-thür
130 min walk • The mini-a-thür amusement park is located in Ruhla, Thuringia. The permanent exhibition features 1:25 scale models of Thuringian landmarks during the summer months in an outdoor area. In winter, the models are stored in a museum hall.
5.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Altenstein Palace, Bad Liebenstein
143 min walk • Schloss Altenstein is a schloss, or palace, upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles, Palace, Historical place
Schloss Reinhardsbrunn, Friedrichroda
106 min walk • Reinhardsbrunn in Friedrichroda near Gotha, in the German state of Thuringia, is the site of a formerly prominent Benedictine abbey, the house monastery of the Ludovingian Landgraves of Thuringia abbey extant between 1085 and 1525.
1.5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Großer Inselsberg
38 min walk • Großer Inselsberg is a mountain in the Thuringian Forest with a height of 916.5 m above sea level, located on Rennsteig in the districts of Gotha and Schmalkalden-Meiningen.
4.1 miE
Forts and castles
Schloss Tenneberg, Waltershausen
105 min walk • Tenneberg Castle is the remnant of a medieval spur castle complex of the Thuringian landgraves, which served as a hunting lodge and secondary residence of the dukes of Gotha through several reconstructions and is currently used as a museum.
~1490 ftNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Hopfenberg
8 min walk • The Hopfenberg is a wooded hill near Winterstein in the borough of Waltershausen, in the county of Gotha in the German state of Thuringia.
6 miSW
Park, Outdoor activities, Zoo
Tierpark Bad Liebenstein, Bad Liebenstein
154 min walk • The Bad Liebenstein Zoo is a small zoo at the foot of the castle hill in the small town of Bad Liebenstein in southern Thuringia.
5.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Burg Liebenstein, Bad Liebenstein
152 min walk • The ruins of Liebenstein Castle is a former hilltop castle at 460 m above sea level on the southwestern slope of the Thuringian Forest. It is located north above the town of Bad Liebenstein on the castle or Burgberg.
1.9 miE
50°52'22"N • 10°30'29"E
Rhododendron Garten, Bad Tabarz
50 min walk • Park
4 miNW
Forts and castles
Scharfenburg
103 min walk • The Scharfenburg, at times also called Scharfenberg, is the ruin of a more than 900-year-old hilltop castle in the district of Thal of the town of Ruhla in the Wartburgkreis in Thuringia.
5.1 miNW
Tower
Carl-Alexander-Turm
131 min walk • The Ringberg with the Carl Alexander Tower is a 638.9 m above sea level mountain in the Thuringian Forest near Ruhla in Wartburgkreis, Thuringia. Apart from some castle towers and monuments, the Alexander Tower on its summit is the only preserved...