Burgruine Hammerstein

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Forts and castles

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Hammerstein Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a 195 m above sea level hill on the Rhine south of the village of Hammerstein in the district of Neuwied in Rhineland-Palatinate. Today, the ruin can be reached via the Rheinsteig trail.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°28'15"N, 7°21'28"E

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Rhineland-PalatinateGermany

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Burgruine Hammerstein – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Monrepos, Namedy Castle, Pulverturm, Round Tower.

3.8 miE
Museum, Science museum
Monrepos, Neuwied
98 min walk • Monrepos is an archaeological research centre and a museum for the human behavioural evolution located at Schloss Monrepos in Neuwied.
1 miS
Forts and castles
Namedy Castle, Andernach
26 min walk • Namedy Castle is located in the Rhine valley, close to the village of Namedy in Andernach, Germany. Late gothic, moated castle originally belonging to the Husmann Knights of Andernach.
3 miSE
Tower
Pulverturm, Andernach
77 min walk • The Pulverturm in Andernach is a tower that is part of the archiepiscopal-Electorate of Cologne castle at Andernach and, at the same time, a fortified tower in the town fortifications.
2.7 miSE
Tower, Gothic architecture
Round Tower, Andernach
69 min walk • The Round Tower of Andernach in Germany is a large defensive tower, the town's keep and schauinsland, the highest tower of a castle and odf the town walls were called that way because they provided a far look into the surrounding country to see enemy troops approaching in time...
5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Veitskopf, Wassenach
127 min walk • The Veitskopf is hill, 428 m above sea level, in the Eifel mountains of Germany. It is located in the county of Ahrweiler in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It rises north of the lake of Laacher See in the area of the village of Wassenach. Der Veitskopf is the cinder cone of a volcano that erupted during the Quaternary period.
1.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Visitor center, Science museum
Geysir Andernach, Andernach
44 min walk • Andernach Geyser is the highest cold-water geyser in the world, reaching heights of 30 to 60 metres. The geyser was first bored in 1903 on the Namedy Peninsula in the Rhine near Andernach.
1.8 miSE
Area
Leutesdorf, Andernach
47 min walk • Leutesdorf is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
5.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Schloss Neuwied, Neuwied
131 min walk • Neuwied Castle is the former residence castle of the counts and princes of Wied in Neuwied, a district town in northern Rhineland-Palatinate. Until 1806, the castle was the seat of government of the Principality of Wied.
4.9 miE
Prehistoric site
Niederbieber
126 min walk • The archaeological site Niederbieber is an important representative of the Federmesser culture. Dating to the end of the Pleistocene, the site is one of the most extensively excavated archaeological sites dating to the late Upper Palaeolithic.
5.2 miNW
Archaeological site
Bad Breisig
133 min walk • Bad Breisig is an archaeological site in Germany.
3.8 miNW
Hotel
Bad Hönningen, Bad Breisig
98 min walk • Bad Hönningen is a municipality in the district of Neuwied, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 15 km northwest of Neuwied, and 30 km southeast of Bonn.

Burgruine Hammerstein

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Burgruine Hammerstein – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)