Dünsberg

#512 among destinations in Germany

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Dünsberg is a hill slightly northwest of Gießen in Hesse, Germany. At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and Wetzlar area. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1634 ftCoordinates: 50°39'1"N, 8°34'49"E

Location

35444 BiebertalHesseGermany

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+49 6409 7618

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Day trips

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

Nearby attractions include: Mathematikum, Stadttheater Gießen, Botanical Garden, Gleiberg Volcano.

6.1 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Mathematikum, Gießen
155 min walk • Nestled in the heart of Gießen, Germany, the Mathematikum opens a fascinating world where mathematics becomes an interactive adventure. This unique museum, the first of its kind in the world, offers visitors of all ages the opportunity to engage with mathematical...
6.2 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stadttheater Gießen, Gießen
159 min walk • The Theater Gießen, official name Stadttheater Gießen, is a theatre in Gießen, Germany, a cultural center for the university city and the region. The main building was designed in Neo-classical style with influences of Jugendstil by architects Fellner & Helmer and completed in 1906.
6.1 miSE
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Botanical Garden, Gießen
156 min walk • The Botanischer Garten Gießen, more formally the Botanischer Garten der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, is a historic botanical garden maintained by the University of Giessen. It is the oldest botanical garden in Germany still at its original site, with an entrance at Senckenbergstraße 6, Gießen, Hesse, Germany.
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Gleiberg Volcano
87 min walk • Gleiberg is a hill and extinct volcano in Hesse, Germany.
2.9 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Altenberg
75 min walk • The Altenberg is a hill in Hesse, Germany. It is next to the L3053 road.
6.1 miSE
Museum
Gießkannenmuseum, Gießen
156 min walk • The Watering Can Museum is a museum for watering cans and other irrigation instruments in the city of Giessen in central Hesse. It was launched in 2011 in the run-up to the State Garden Show Giessen 2014 as a participatory project for citizens...
6.1 miSE
50°34'51"N • 8°39'59"E
Liebig Museum, Gießen
156 min walk • Museum, Science museum, Specialty museum
2.9 miW
Forts and castles
Burg Hohensolms
74 min walk • Hohensolms Castle, also called Neu-Hohensolms, is a hilltop castle on the so-called "Ramsberg" about 430 m above sea level in the district of the same name of the municipality of Hohenahr in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse.
6.2 miSE
Music venue, Church
Church of St. John, Gießen
158 min walk • St. John's Church is the largest Protestant church in Giessen, in the district of Giessen in central Hesse, and has the highest steeple of all the churches in Giessen, with a height of 72 meters.
5.7 miSE
View point, Event space
Lahnfenster, Gießen
145 min walk • The Lahnfenster Hessen is a water information center on the Lahn in Giessen, operated by the Regierungspräsidium Giessen. The partially underground building offers views of the river through large glass panes, as well as the fish ladder at...
3.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Burg Gleiberg, Wettenberg
87 min walk • Gleiberg Castle with the surrounding village of Gleiberg is a namesake part of Krofdorf-Gleiberg and belongs to the municipality of Wettenberg in the district of Giessen in Hesse.